Badingham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 2018. War memorial.
Badingham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- weathered-steeple-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Badingham War Memorial, The Churchyard, St John the Baptist Church, Low Street, IP13 8JX
- OS grid reference
- TM 305 682
- Coordinates
- 52.26441, 1.37704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Badingham War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St John the Baptist, which is a Grade I listed building, positioned prominently to the south-west of the church. The memorial features an obelisk on a square plinth with a two-stepped base, made from pale grey granite and standing approximately 2.3 meters high.
The main inscription on the front face of the plinth is in raised leaded lettering and reads: "IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FOUGHT AND IN EVER/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO FELL, FOR GOD AND KING, FOR/ RIGHT, FOR FREEDOM AND FOR/ PEACE IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914-1918./ (9 NAMES)." Below this, on the front face of the upper step, the inscription continues with "SEE YE TO IT,/ THAT THESE SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN."
On the east face of the plinth, there is another inscription in raised leaded lettering that states: "THIS/ MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/ BY/ THE PARISHIONERS/ OF/ BADINGHAM."
A later addition to the memorial can be found on the south face of the plinth, which also features raised leaded lettering and reads: "AND OF THOSE WHO FELL/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939–1945/ (3 NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
The north face of the plinth includes two additional names and dates of death in raised leaded lettering, commemorating one individual from each of the First and Second World Wars.
Local climate
Badingham War Memorial sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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