Skip to main content

    War MemorialsRegister

    • Home
    • Search Memorials
    • Search Names
    • Help
    Imperial War Museums LogoImperial War Museums home
    • About
      • About us
      • Submit a photograph
      • Volunteering
    • Legal
      • Accessibility Statement
      • Cookies
      • Copyright
      • Privacy
      • Terms of use

    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Rushmere St Andrew - WW1

    WW1 Memorial

    Source: Copyright Doug Ireland

    1/4

    Current Location

    St Andrews Church, The Street, Rushmere St Andrew, Suffolk Coastal, Suffolk, IP5 1DJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 19602 46057

    Denomination

    Church of England

    View location on Google Maps

    Names listed on this memorial

    Contribute to the War Memorials Register

    Send us details and photographs of your local war memorials, to help enhance the information about the people, places and events they commemorate.

    Contribute now

    This record shows everything IWM currently knows about this memorial. We are continually updating our records.

    © WMR-5557

    To share information or photographs, contact us.

    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5557
    Description
    Celtic cross on a tapering plinth supported by a two stepped base.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock: IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names) 3 o' clock: (Names) 9 o' clock: (Names) Upper step 6 o'clock: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    39
    Died
    39
    Information shown
    Surname
    Maker(s)
    • Messers Frewer & Moss, Builder

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 April 1920

    Lieutenant-Colonel F W Turner TD

    Dedicated

    11 April 1920

    Unknown

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 2500 mm

    Width: 800 mm

    Depth: 700 mm


    Made from: Granite


    Condition: Good


    Historic England

    Grade: II*

    List Entry: 1469902

    Reasons for listing from Historic England website: Historic interest: * it is an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Group value: * it has group value with the Grade II* listed Church of St Andrew.

    • East Anglian Daily Times, 12 April 1920
    • "Rushmere St Andrew War Memorial." Historic England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1469902. Accessed 4 September 2024.