Hintlesham War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions. It was designed by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton.

MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite and York stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside position at the southern edge of the churchyard to the Church of St Nicholas (listed Grade II).

It comprises a small, plain, wheel-head cross which rises from a tall, tapering cylindrical shaft. The shaft stands on a deep plinth, square on plan, which in turn sits on a square, three-stepped base, the whole standing on a single-step York stone foundation.

The dedicatory inscription is in leaded lettering on the plinth's south face and reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF HINTLESHAM / WHOSE LIVES WERE LAID DOWN FOR US / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / 1939 - 1945 / THEIR NAMES, INSCRIBED HEREON / SHALL LIVE FOR EVER / IN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION'.

The names of the 22 men who died in the First World War are inscribed on the east and west faces of the plinth while the north face bears the names of 10 men who died in the Second World War under the heading '1939 - 1945'.