Orford War Memorial

The Orford War Memorial is a First World War memorial dedicated in 1920, with names added after the Second World War. It is situated within the churchyard of the Grade I listed St Bartholomew’s Church, approximately seven metres south of the church's south porch.

The memorial features a rough hewn granite wheel-headed cross, which has a reversed sword carved in relief on its front face running down the shaft. The shaft rises from a tapering square plinth that sits on a single stepped square base. There is raised enamelled lettering on two sides of the plinth.

The dedication starts on the base of the shaft with the words "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND," while the front face of the plinth continues with "IN LOVING GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE ORFORD MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1919 – 1918 (NAMES) 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'." On a second face of the plinth, there is a later inserted plaque that reads "REMEMBER BEFORE GOD THOSE WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED IN THE WAR 1939 – 1945 (NAMES) 'DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY' 1 COR.15."