Memorial

Great Livermere - WW1

Great Livermere cross

Source: Copyright Kim Smith

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Current Location

At the Junction of Church Road and The Street, Roadside, The Street, Great Livermere, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP31 1JS, England

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TL 88698 71242

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5238
Description: Latin cross on tall stone base, crossed swords in relief on face 4 and crossed rifles in relief on face 2. Dedication and names incised and picked out in black.
Inscription: Cross pedestal faces 2, 1 and 3: THANKS BE TO/ GOD WHO GIVETH/ US THE VICTORY/ Cross pedestal face 4: WAR DECLARED 4TH AUG 1914/ ARMISTICE SIGNED 11 NOV 1918/ Top of column faces 1, 2, 3 and 4: THINE IS THE KINGDOM/ THE POWER AND THE GLORY/ FOR EVER AND EVER/ BLESSED ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE/ THE LORD FOR THEIR GOD. Face 1: IN/ LOVING AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO DIED/ FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ Face 2: Crossed rifles Face 3: THIS/ MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND AS/ A MEMORIAL TO THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 TO 1919./ ALSO TO KEEP IN MEMORY/ THE MEN OF LIVERMERE/ WHO FELL IN THAT WAR,/ AND TO/ GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE/ PATRIOTISM OF THE/ OTHER FIFTY-ONE LOCAL MEN/ WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN/ ITS TIME OF PERIL. Face 4: GR and Crossed swords

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 12
Died: 12
Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment, rank decorations

History

Maker(s): F E Hawkins, Architect
Mr F H Goddard of Bury St Edmunds, Builder
Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 April 1920

J.A.H Wood

Conservation

Custodian: Parish Council

Components

Cross

Made from: Marble - Sicilian

Condition: Good

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Great Livermere - WW1

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Great Livermere - WW1

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