Melton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 2020. War memorial.

Melton War Memorial

WRENN ID: third-pier-swift
Grade: II
Local Planning Authority: East Suffolk
Country: England
Date first listed: 30 January 2020
Type: War memorial
Source: Historic England listing

Description

War memorial, erected in 1920.

MATERIALS: roughly-hewn granite, with inscriptions in lead lettering.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a Celtic wheel-cross decorated with raised roundels to the arms and centre, and stands on a tapered square plinth with a moulded top. The whole stands on a square base. There are recessed inscription panels to each side of the plinth. The main inscription to the front (south) face of the plinth reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / TO THE UNDYING MEMORY / OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR/ KING AND COUNTRY / IN / 1914 - THE GREAT WAR – 1919 / "LEST WE FORGET"

The names of the 44 men who died are listed on the other three faces of the plinth.

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