Benhall War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. War memorial.
Benhall War Memorial Cross
- WRENN ID
- fading-cobalt-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Benhall War Memorial Cross is located prominently in the churchyard beside the south porch of the Church of St Mary, which is listed as Grade II*. The memorial features a blind wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering plinth, resting on a two-stepped base. The front face of the cross is decorated with a reversed sword carved in low relief. Made of Portland stone, the memorial stands approximately 3.3 meters high.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1914–1918/ (19 NAMES)/ “GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY OF HIMSELF.”
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