Bredfield War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 2018. War memorial.
Bredfield War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- late-flagstone-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.
DESCRIPTION: Bredfield War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the north of the Church of St Andrew (Grade II*-listed).
It is of Portland stone and takes the form of a tall Latin cross rising from a tapering, four-sided plinth surmounting a two-stepped base. The whole stands on a square, concrete platform.
The main inscription is on the south face of the plinth and reads IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ BREDFIELD/ WHO GAVE UP THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914–1919. The names of the 13 men who died are recorded on the west and east faces of the plinth.
A further inscription is on the south face of the upper-step of the base and reads 1939–1945/ (5 NAMES).
All lettering is incised, painted black.
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