Hadleigh War Memorial

The Hadleigh War Memorial is a First World War memorial, dedicated in 1922, with an additional inscription added after the Second World War. It is made of stone and is located within its own fenced garden at the south-east corner of the recreation ground. The entrance to this area is at the junction of London Road and Chapel Lane, and there is no direct access from the recreation ground to the war memorial garden.

The memorial features an orb adorned with a festoon on top of a fluted Ionic column. The column rises from a pedestal with a splayed foot and recessed panels on each face, which is set on a three-stepped base.

The west face of the pedestal has the inscription: "THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ TO THE HONOURED AND UNDYING/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR A.D. 1914 – 1919/ THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO/ US AND WE WERE NOT HURT/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY/ 1 SAM 25 15-16." The names of those who fell in the First World War are recorded on the other faces of the pedestal.

On the west face of the top step of the base, there is a carved relief dedication that reads: "1939 AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN 1945/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."