Kirtling and Upend War Memorial

First World War memorial with names added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: rough hewn granite.

PLAN: the war memorial is located on the green at the junction of Cowlinge Road and Newmarket Road.

EXTERIOR: the memorial is in the form of a Celtic cross resting upon a square plinth and three-stepped base. It is set within a small square gravelled area, defined by a low stone kerb. On the plinth is inscribed ‘Lest we forget/ To the glory of God/ And in grateful memory/ of the men of Kirtling/ who gave their lives in the Great War/ 1914-1918’, followed by fourteen names inscribed in the step below (incised and painted). Underneath the inscription on the plinth is a small metal plaque with the dates 1939-1945 and the names of the three men who fell in the Second World War.