Erwarton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2020. Memorial.
Erwarton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-pier-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, unveiled 1920; altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent position beside the entrance to the churchyard, close to the Church of St Mary.
The memorial comprises a Latin cross with capped arms on a two-tier square pedestal and single-stepped square base. The north face of the cross bears a relief-carved Sword of Sacrifice. The main inscription in incised lettering on the north face of the plinth reads: IN MEMORY OF THE / MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE / 1914 GREAT WAR 1918 followed by the names of the six men who fell in that conflict. A further inscription on the east face of the plinth reads: 1939 – 1945 and the name of the one person who fell.
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