Bawdsey War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. War memorial.
Bawdsey War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- keen-brass-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bawdsey War Memorial, Recreation Ground, the Street, IP12 3AJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 347 401
- Coordinates
- 52.00979, 1.41883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bawdsey War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with later additions for the Second World War. It is prominently located at the entrance to the recreation ground, directly opposite the Church of St Mary, which is listed as Grade II*.
The memorial features a tapering stone obelisk set on a two-stepped square base. The main inscription on the west face of the obelisk reads: "TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BAWDSEY WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918" and lists 14 names. An additional inscription on the south face commemorates the Second World War, stating: "THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF TWO BAWDSEY MEN WHO GLORIFIED GOD IN HIS PROVIDENTIAL DESIGNS FOR THE OVERTHROW OF EVIL BY PLAYING THEIR PART AND GIVING THEIR LIVES," and includes 2 names.
Local climate
Bawdsey War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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