South Cove War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
South Cove War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- guardian-roof-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- South Cove War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Lawrence, Waveney, NR34 7JD
- OS grid reference
- TM 499 808
- Coordinates
- 52.36896, 1.67055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South Cove War Memorial is a First World War memorial that includes later additions for the Second World War. It is located prominently in the churchyard of St Lawrence Church, which is a Grade I listed building, right next to the path leading from the entrance gate to the church door.
The memorial features a 2-meter high stone Celtic wheel-head cross, which is adorned with intricate relief-carved interlace decoration. The main inscription on the front of the cross shaft, made with leaded lettering, reads: "IN/ GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE/ FIVE/ SOUTH COVE MEN/ WHO MADE THE/ SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918."
On the front of the plinth, there is an inscription that lists five names and states: "THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES TO SERVE THEIR GOD/ THEIR KING AND THEIR COUNTRY IN DEFENCE/ OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE."
Additionally, on the western side of the plinth, there is an inscription added in 1949 that reads: "AND THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES)/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ THE AMERICAN AIRMEN WHO/ LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS PARISH/ MARCH 1945."
Local climate
South Cove War Memorial receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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