Bungay War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location, close to the Church of St Mary (Grade I).

The memorial comprises a stone Celtic cross with a tapering shaft and foot bearing a relief-carved laurel wreath on a substantial, gently tapering square plinth and two-stepped square base. The plinth is rough-hewn with inset plain rectangular panels bearing the names of the fallen. The face of the cross is decorated with elaborately carved knotwork.

The main inscription in leaded lettering on the west face of the shaft of the cross reads: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ PROUD AND THANKFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF THE/ OFFICERS AND MEN/ FROM THE/ PARISH OF BUNGAY/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE.

The names of the 102 parishioners who gave their lives during the First World War are inscribed in leaded lettering in recessed panels on the north, west and south faces of the plinth.

An additional inscription on the east face of the foot of the cross reads: BUNGAY ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. Beneath this on the plinth are 37 names.