Flempton-cum-Hengrave War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2020. War memorial.
Flempton-cum-Hengrave War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-bracket-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2020
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, later C20 repairs.
DESCRIPTION The memorial is situated on the east side of the main road (A1101) which links the two villages of Flempton and Hengrave, close to the parish boundary. It comprises a plain black metal Latin cross set upon a Clipsham stone plinth with a moulded top and base which stands on a square base. The front (south-west) face of the plinth carries the main dedicatory inscription in blackened lettering which reads:
IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919/ THESE NOBLY PLAYED THEIR PART/ THESE HEARD THE CALL/ FOR GOD AND KING AND HOME/ THEY GAVE THEIR ALL.
The rear face is inscribed:
THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THIS PARISH/ OF FLEMPTON-CUM-HENGRAVE ARE RECORDED/ ON A TABLET IN THE PARISH CHURCH./ ERECTED BY SIR JOHN AND LADY WOOD 1920.
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