Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with additions for later conflicts.

DESCRIPTION: The Botesdale, Redgrave and Rickinghall war memorial is located on a raised area of hardstanding in the Market Place in Botesdale at the junction of The Street and Back Hills, surrounded by numerous Grade II-listed buildings.

The memorial is of Portland stone and comprises a tall, wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft which terminates in a moulded foot; the cross and shaft are inset. The cross rises from a square pedestal which surmounts a substantial square plinth. The whole stands on a single-step stone base. Two wedged-shaped stone panels have been placed at the bottom of the plinth to the south-west and north-east sides; that to the south-west side is inset into the base. The inscriptions and names are on recessed, fielded panels to the plinth and the two stone tablets; all lettering is incised, painted black.

The south-west face of the plinth reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF/ THOSE MEN FROM THE PARISHES/ OF/ BOTESDALE-REDGRAVE-RICKINGHALL-/ SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR,/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918. The 61 names of the fallen from the First World War are inscribed into the three other faces of the plinth.

The Second World War dedication is on the stone tablet to the south-west and reads ALSO/ IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ 1939 – 45 WAR/ (12 NAMES).

The stone tablet to the north-east reads THE KOREAN WAR/ 1950–1953/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (1 NAME).

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 07/03/2018

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 February 2018.