Martlesham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Martlesham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tattered-facade-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Martlesham War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane, IP12 4PQ
- OS grid reference
- TM 262 469
- Coordinates
- 52.0744, 1.29948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Martlesham War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1919, with later additions for the Second World War. It is made of granite and is located in the churchyard to the north-west of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which is a Grade II* listed building.
The memorial features a Celtic cross that stands approximately 2.1 meters high on a tapering plinth with a single-stepped base. The cross is carved from polished granite and includes a raised circular boss at its center, with relief-carved interlace on its arms.
The main inscription, made with leaded lettering on the plinth, reads: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF MARTLESHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918," followed by the names of 12 servicemen. On the back face of the plinth, there is an inscription that states: "ALSO OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945," along with the names of 13 servicemen who died in the Second World War.
Local climate
Martlesham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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