Wangford and Henham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 2020. War memorial.
Wangford and Henham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- small-pilaster-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War Memorial unveiled c.1919, with additions made after the Second World War and the Korean War.
MATERIALS and PLAN: the memorial is square on plan and is constructed from roughly-hewn Cornish granite with leaded lettering.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands within the churchyard approximately 20m north of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wangford (Grade I) and is set within a small, square enclosure bounded by low, stone edging. The memorial is approximately 3m tall and comprises a Celtic wheel-cross with a tapering shaft set on a trapezoidal plinth with a single-stepped square base.
The inscription within a recessed panel on the west face of the plinth reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD,/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF WANGFORD AND HENHAM, WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914–1918/ (24 NAMES)/ 1939–1945/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”/ (4 NAMES)/ (1 NAME), KOREA, 1951
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