Newmarket War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 2018. A 20th century War memorial. 1 related planning application.
Newmarket War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- eternal-stair-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial dating from 1921, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed of granite.
DESCRIPTION: Newmarket War Memorial stands within the memorial gardens on Bury Road, Newmarker. It consists of a tall square granite column surmounted by a carved urn with an eternal flame pinnacle and swags. On two faces of the column are carved wreaths and swords. The column rises from a square plinth with scroll shaped brackets at each corner. This sits on a three-stepped base which has open books on each face.
The main dedicatory inscription is located on the front face on the column and reads TO/ THE GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ NEWMARKET/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ &/ 1939 - 1945. The faces of the plinth and the four books bear the names of the fallen.
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