Memorial

Barrow, Suffolk - WW1 and WW2

Memorial

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Current Location

On the Village Green at the junction of Barrow Hill and Bury Road, The Street, Barrow, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP29 5AN, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 76471 63485

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 5088
Description: Tapering, four-sided obelisk, standing on a four stage, square pediment set on the village green in a gravelled area and surrounded by bollards and chain fencing. Names and commemoration are engraved on the sides of the block and steps of the pediment.
Inscription: BLOCK 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE 1914-1918 WAR/ AND THE/ 1939-1945 WAR BLOCK 9 O'CLOCK, 12 O'CLOCK AND 3 O'CLOCK FACES: (WW1 NAMES) TOP STEP 9 O'CLOCK FACE: GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS TOP STEP 3'OCLOCK FACE: THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER MIDDLE STEP FACES: (WW2 NAMES)

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 11
Died: 11
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, rank, regiment or service, honours
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: These men are also listed on IWM 5090 and 5091

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 33
Died: 33
Information shown: rank, forename, surname, decoration, regiment
Order of names: Regiment then rank
Additional Information: Most of these men are also listed on IWM 5089

History

Maker(s): Messers G Neville & Son, Mildenhall, Builder
Maintenance History: 6.0'clock face recut in 1990.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

28 December 1920

Captain Owen Clarke OBE

Dedicated

Reverend Henry Cope

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Barrow, Suffolk - WW1 and WW2

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

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Barrow, Suffolk - WW1 and WW2

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

Further Information