Memorial

Cowlinge

Nearby bench

Source: Paul Cooper

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Current Location

Junction of Tillbrooks Hill with Queens Street, Queens Street, Cowlinge, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 9QF, England

TL 71417 54399

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5120
Description: Celtic cross on block and base, inscription on block. Surrounded by railings and a memorial bench nearby.
Inscription: Six o'clock face: THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS OF COWLINGE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ AND ALSO IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION/ OF THE PATRIOTISM OF THE 66 LOCAL MEN/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/ IN HER HOUR OF NEED 9 and 3 o' clock faces: (Names)

Unveiled

6 March 1921

Lt-Gen Sir Charles Briggs KCB, KCMG

Dedicated

6 March 1921

Rev G O C Ramsay, Vicar of Cowlinge

Memorial

Height: 3000mm

Width: 1250mm bas

Depth: 1250mm bas

Made from: Granite - Cornish

Condition: Good