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    Memorial

    Ixworth

    b 24 May 1994

    1/5

    Current Location

    St Marys Church, High Street, Ixworth, Mid Suffolk, Suffolk, IP31 2HJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TL 93139 70389

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5228
    Description
    Celtic cross on block and three stepped base, surrounded by low chain fence
    Inscription
    BLOCK SIX O'CLOCK: TO THE/ GREATER GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ "THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND/ WE WERE NOT HURT... THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY"/ SAMUEL XXV, 15 AND 16/ AND/ 1939-1945 BLOCK NINE O'CLOCK: (NAMES) BLOCK THREE O'CLOCK: (NAMES) TOP STEP SIX O'CLOCK: (NAMES)
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    14
    Died
    14
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    31
    Died
    31
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • Mr E E Saunders of Ipswich, Builder

    • Hanchets, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    public

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    20 December 1919

    Colonel Parry Crooke

    Dedicated

    20 December 1919

    Canon R F Wilson

    Rededicated

    31 October 1948

    Unknown

    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 3300mm

    Width: 1350mm bas

    Depth: 1350mm bas


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1467918

    Listed Jan 2020

    • War Memorials Trust WM2805 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=238
    • Norwich Post - 24-12-1919 (account of unveiling)