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    Memorial

    Darsham

    Cross

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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    Current Location

    All Saints Church, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP17 3QA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 42087 69923

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5475
    Description
    Latin Cross on 5 stepped base.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock 1st step:THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ 6 o' clock 2nd step: IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF OUR FALLEN/ HEROES/ 6 o'clock 3rd step: (Names) 6 o'clock 4th step: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE 3 o'clock 2nd step:THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ 3 o'clock 3rd step: IN MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    16
    Died
    16
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    4
    Died
    4
    Information shown
    Surname, forename
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Fred Barber, Builder

    Maintenance History
    Cleaned Annually. Judging by the condition when the church was visited on 8 July 2016 this cleaning has not happened for several years. The whole monument was suffering with an infestation of lichen and some names were difficult to read.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    27 June 1920

    Dedicated

    27 June 1920

    Custodian
    PCC

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2270 mm

    Width: 1220 mm

    Depth: 1220 mm


    Made from: Marble - Sicilian


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: I

    List Entry: 1198791

    • At the going down of the sun: British First World War memorials by Boorman, D. PP 55-56 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:Sessions 1988 York
    • East Anglian Daily Times, 29 June 1920
    • Suffolk War Memorials Volume 3 - The Yoxmere War Memorials.