World War I And II Memorial

TM1645SW 642-0/1/10049

IPSWICH CHRISTCHURCH PARK World War I and II Memorial

GV II

First World War memorial. 1922-3. By E Adams, adapted later to include Second World War. Stone over brick core. Memorial is set on a raised platform and is of rectangular section. Plinth has a splayed step rising to a short rectangular obelisk with rolled edges. Base with wreaths to north and south, commemorative bronze plaque to west and a bronze casting attached on pedestals to east. The casting is in form of a bundle of military emblems and artefacts wrapped in a flag; articles include bandoliers of ammunition, a Mk. II Browning machine gun, a Vickers gas-operated light machine gun, spears, mace and other regalia. On top of the bundle are a soldier's personal effects: uniform, helmet, gas-mask, water bottle, camouflage webbing, satchel full of Mills bombs. To north-west is a later stone-faced wall with attached bronze plaques listing names of fallen. On top of wall is a bronze lamp with the Eternal Flame.

Listing NGR: TM1641745000

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 13 January 2017.