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
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- 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."
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