Memorial

Lidgate

Lidgate - War Memorial

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Current Location

St Marys Church, Lidgate, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 9PT, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 72100 58200

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5234
Description: Stone cross surmounting a tapering plinth and a single base. The head of the cross has a circular centre containg a wreath and the initials ihs. The three arms of the cross and the shaft all taper outwards. Incised inscription upon the plinth.
Inscription: 1914 - 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (Names) / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ SONS OF THIS PLACE, LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP (NAMES) / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 -1945

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: surname,rank,forename
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Rank, name
Order of names: As above

History

Maker(s): Mr A. H. Hanchet of Bury erected the Cross, Mason
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: t has had a steam clean in recent years and is no longer 'green'

Ceremonies

Unveiled

9 Jan 1921

LT-COL A H Catchpole

Dedicated

9 Jan 1921

Reverend E A Gray, Rector of Lidgate and Rural Dean of Newmarket

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