Bucklesham War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard, immediately to the south of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*) and close to The Old Rectory (Grade II).

The memorial comprises an elaborately carved stone crucifix on a tapering square plinth with a two-stepped square base. It stands approximately 2.7m high. Above the stone figure of Christ is a carved scroll inscribed with INRI.

At the foot of the plinth on the west side of the memorial is a rectangular stone plaque with flower holders cut in on either side.

The main inscription in incised lettering on the west face of the plinth reads: (west face) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (north face) (4 NAMES)/ (south face) (3 NAMES).

An additional inscription on a rectangular stone plaque attached to the west face of the base reads: ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (2 NAMES).