Memorial

Wickhambrook

Memorial

Source: Copyright R A Morrisey

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Village Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Wickhambrook, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, CB8 8XR, England

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TL 74577 55466

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5285
Description: Decorated Latin cross enclosed at the base by St Edmund's Crown, atop a slender column. Mounted on a tapered plinth above a three stepped base, all of Portland stone.
Inscription: Plinth 6 o'clock face: IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ WICKHAMBROOK/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 (Names) Plinth other faces: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH (Names)/ AND I WILL GIVE THEE (Names)/ THE NUMBER OF MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO SERVED WAS 134/ A CROWN OF LIFE (Names) Steps 6 o' clock face: 1939-1945/ (Names)/ THE MEMORIAL TO THESE MEN IS THE VILLAGE HALL/ NEAR THIS PLACE

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 20
Died: 20
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 6
Died: 6
Information shown: Surname
Order of names: Alphabetically by surname

History

Maker(s): Mr Charles W Waymouth, Architect
Farmer and Brindley, Sculptor
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The site was given by N Warner Bromley.
Maintenance History: Cleaned each year before Remembrance Sunday.

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Unveiled

27 April 1924

Lt-General Sir Charles Briggs KCB, KCMG

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