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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Great Barton

    Great Barton

    Source: Copyright Peter Robinson

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    Current Location

    Holy Innocents Churchyard, Church Road, Great Barton, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP31 2QS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 89026 66092

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5092
    Description
    Calvary cross atop an octagonal shaft with a plinth, base, and two steps. Inscription located on plinth.
    Inscription
    Six o'clock face: ERECTED / TO THE MEN OF / THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 -1918 Other faces: (NAMES)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    22
    Died
    22
    Information shown
    Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment
    Maker(s)
    • Hunt & Coates, Bury St Edmunds, Architect

    • F H Goddard, Bury St Edmunds, Builder

    Maintenance History
    Lichen is beginning to accumulate on certain areas of the monument. No maintenance work has been scheduled as of yet.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    3 April 1921

    Major H T Copinger-Hill, MC, 5th Suffolks

    Dedicated

    3 April 1921

    Rev Dr W Hatt Lipscomb, Vicar of Great Barton

    Rededicated

    28 April 2001

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3150 mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Plinth

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Base

    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Width: 1600 mm

    Depth: 1600 mm


    Made from: Cement


    Condition: Good


    • Bury Free Press, 9 April 1921 - Account of unveiling