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    Memorial

    Leiston - WW1 And WW2

    Memorial Cross

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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    Current Location

    St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Church Road, Leiston, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP16 4HL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 43880 62497

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5371
    Description
    Calvary Inscription is enclosed within a carved laurel wreath. The dates and all the names are picked out in red.
    Inscription
    6 O'CLOCK FACE: 1914 1918/ TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOUR OF ALL/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ HAVE OFFERED THEMSELVES/ AT THEIR COUNTRYS NEED/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO IN MANY LANDS/ AND ON MANY SEAS HAVE/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ 1939 1945 9 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES WW1) BELOW: (NAMES WW2) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES WW1) BELOW: (NAMES WW2) 3 O'CLOCK FACE: (NAMES WW1) BELOW: (NAMES WW2)
    War
    Second World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    116
    Died
    116
    Information shown
    surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    42
    Died
    42
    Maker(s)
    • Dorothy Rope, Sculptor

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    05 October 1919

    Unknown

    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 3m 62cm

    Width: 1820mm

    Depth: 1400mm


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Figure

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Account of unveiling in Suffolk Chronicle and Mercury, 10 October, 1919.