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    Memorial

    Great Glemham

    Memorial Cross

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

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    Current Location

    All Saints Church, The Street, Great Glemham, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP17 2DA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 33996 61639

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5499
    Description
    Stylized Celtic Cross on a tapered rectangular plinth with elaborate decoration on the shoulder and a single step base.
    Inscription
    TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / HONOURED / MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914-1918 / THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US AND / WE WERE NOT HURT. THEY WERE A WALL / UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY / ALSO OF / (NAMES) / 1939-1945
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    surname, forenames
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    surname, forenames
    Maintenance History
    Names legible on close examination with light over the shoulder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    13 June 1920

    Unknown

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 10ft

    Width: 32" base

    Depth: 32" base


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    • East Anglia Daily Times - 16 June 1920 - Account of unveiling