Memorial

Burgh

Memorial Cross

Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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Current Location

Road junction outside churchyard - set back under trees, Junction of B1079 and Drabbs Lane, Burgh, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP13 6QA, England

OS Grid Reference

TM 22397 52241

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 5448
Description: Celtic Cross atop a plinth and two stepped base with inlaid designs on the face of the cross.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ BEING MEN OF BURGH WHO FELL IN/ THE WORLD'S GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS 9 o'clock face: 1914-1919/ LET US NEVER FORGET THAT/ EVERY MAN WHO SERVED IN/ THE GREAT WAR IS DESERVING/ OF OUR GRATITUDE/ ON THE BURGH ROLL OF HONOUR/ IN OUR CHURCH IS A LIST OF 49/ WHO SO SERVED 3 o'clock face: LEST WE FORGET 12 o'clock face: 1939-1945/ (Names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment
Order of names: No order

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment
Order of names: Alphabetically

History

Maker(s): Mr A C Stephenson of Woodbridge, Mason

Ceremonies

Unveiled

28th September 1919

Rev Canon J W B Page, Rector of Clopton

Dedicated

28 September 1919

Rev Canon J W B Page, Rev G M Shallard, Mark Barlow of Hasketon, Captain Sutton Smith, and families of the deceased

Conservation

Components

Cross

Height: 2134 mm

Width: 737 mm

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