Lidgate War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 2019. War memorial.

Lidgate War Memorial

WRENN ID
brooding-clay-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, erected in 1921, with later addition for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION The memorial stands in a prominent position in the churchyard. It is carved from stone and comprises a Maltese cross-head and tapering shaft set upon a square, outswept, two-stage plinth and a single-stepped base. The centre of the cross contains a relief carving of a wreath with the initials IHS at its centre; all the faces have raised edging.

The dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth and reads: 1914 – 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914 – 1918/ SONS OF THIS PLACE, LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID,/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE, ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD,/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES, THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST, ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP

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