Memorial

Bawdsey Parish

Obelisk

Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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Current Location

Recreation Ground, The Street, Bawdsey, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP12 3AH, England

TM 34710 40120

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 5423
Description: Obelisk on two stepped base
Inscription: 6 OCLOCK FACE: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BAWDSEY/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) 3 OCLOCK FACE: THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF TWO BAWDSEY MEN/ WHO GLORIFIED GOD IN/ HIS PROVIDENTIAL DESIGNS FOR THE OVERTHROW OF/ EVIL BY PLAYING THEIR/ PART AND GIVING THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)

Maker(s): Messrs W Wright & Sons, Walton, Mason
Sir Cuthbert Quilter MP, Sponsor

Unveiled

04 December 1920

Unknown

Obelisk

Height: 6500 mm

Width: 2300 mm

Depth: 2300 mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good