Memorial

Hessett War Memorial - WW1

May-99

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Current Location

St Ethelbert's Church, The Street, Hessett, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP30 9AX, England

TL 93660 61842

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 4775
Description: Celtic Cross with stone wreath decoration enclosing the letters IHS, on rectangular base, with incised, painted lettering on the west face.
Inscription: Shaft: R I P/ 1914/ (Name) / 1915 (2 Names) / 1916 (2 Names) / 1917 (2 Names) / 1918 (7 Names) Plinth: IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN/ OF HESSETT/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR

Unveiled

3 October 1920

BRIG-GEN A. L. SCHREIBER CB, CMG, DSO

Rededicated

8 November 2015

Booklet "Lest We Forget, The 14 men from Hessett who died 1914-18" Published November 2015
"Hessett War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1464647. Accessed 3 August 2024.