Memorial

Hawkedon

Obelisk

Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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Current Location

Village Green, 100 Yds. Northwest of Parish Church, The Green, Hawkedon, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP29 4NW, England

TL 79684 53023

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 5214
Description: Tall octagonal obelisk on a square pedestal standing on an octagonal plinth on a three stepped base. The base is curved at the front. On the front of the pedestal is carved the Emblem of Victory (wreath with crossed swords) and the inscription.
Inscription: 6.00 - IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF/HAWKEDON 9.00 - GREATER LOVE/ HATH/ NO MAN 12.00 -TO THE/ GLORY/ OF/ GOD 3.00 - THE WAR (1914-1918) Faces of plinth: (Names)

Unveiled

8 August 1920

Colonel OH Oakes of Thurston End Hall

Dedicated

8 August 1920

Reverend C Pierrepont Edwards, MC, formerly chaplain to the 5th Battalion Suffolk Regiment

Obelisk

Height: 13FT

Made from: Stone

Condition: Poor

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1465003

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1465003?section=official-listing Accessed 06/01/2022