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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Hollesley And Shingle Street

    WW1 Cross

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

    1/7

    Current Location

    All Saints Church, School Lane, Hollesley, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP12 3RD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 35349 44332

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5507
    Description
    Latin Cross on octagonal three-stepped base
    Inscription
    IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THE MEN / FROM HOLLESLEY AND / SHINGLE STREET WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR / EVERMORE (NAMES ON THE OTHER FACES OF THE CROSS UNDER THE HEADINS OF ARMY AND ROYAL NAVY)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    25
    Died
    25
    Information shown
    service, regiment, forename, middle initial, surname, regiment
    Order of names
    service, regiment, surname
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    forename, surname, service
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs Wray and Fuller of Chelmsford, Builder

    • Messrs Wykeham Chancellor, Architect

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    26 September 1920

    Captain B. N. Chevallier RN

    Unveiled

    26 Sep 1920

    Colonel Sir John Jervis-White-Jervis BT

    Dedicated

    26 September 1920

    Venerable J. G. R. Darling

    Components

    Memorial

    Height: 4000mm

    Width: 3500

    Depth: 3500


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Poor


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1458471

    Historic England listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1458471 Accessed 24/05/2022

    • Account of unveiling: East Anglian Daily Times, 27 September 1920
    • Historic England listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1458471 Accessed 24/05/2022