Memorial

Aldeburgh

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Current Location

Sea Front close to Moot Hall, Crabbe Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP15 5DS, England

TM 46548 56830

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5407
Description: Latin Cross with Sword of Sacrifice set on a tapering shaft and octagonal plinth. Tablet with dedication set into each face and the whole set five octagonal steps.
Inscription: THEY / WHOM THIS / MONUMENT COMMEMORATES / WERE HONOURED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF / KING AND COUNTRY / LEFT ALL THAT WAS / DEAR TO THEM / ENDURED HARDSHIP / FACED DANGER AND FINALLY / PASSED OUT OF SIGHT / OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY / AND SELF SACRIFCE / GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES / THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN / FREEDOM / LET THEM WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT / THAT THEIR NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN / 1914-1918 / ROYAL NAVY / (Names) / ARMY / (NAMES) / 1939-1945 / ROYAL NAVY / (NAMES) / ARMY / (NAMES) / ROYAL AIR FORCE / (NAMES) / MERCHANT NAVY / (NAMES) / ERECTED BY THE FELLOW TOWNSPEOPLE / CIVILIANS KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION / (NAMES)