Dunwich War Memorial Cross is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 2018. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Dunwich War Memorial Cross

WRENN ID
hushed-banister-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 2018
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

The memorial stands in a prominent roadside location beside Westleton Road, opposite the Church of St James (Grade II) and the remains of All Saints' Church (Grade II). It comprises a grey granite wheel-head cross bearing a reversed sword on its front face, standing on a tapering plinth with a single-stepped base. The memorial is approached from the road by a short flight of steps, made of blocks of grey granite.

The principal dedicatory inscription in applied metal lettering to the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ (10 NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR JUSTICE AND RIGHT/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918./ THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH/ (1 NAME). The commemorated names are recorded with regiment or Service, and date of death.

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