Little Saxham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2016. War memorial.
Little Saxham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lost-remnant-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
MATERIALS: Portland stone plinth and York stone base.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard of the church of St Nicholas (Grade I). It consists of a cross on a tapered plinth constructed out of Portland stone and is located on a York stone base. The head of the cross is in a patonce style and has intertwined carved IHS in its centre. All four sides of the Portland stone plinth are incised with inscriptions.
The inscription on the front face reads LEST WE FORGET/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ LIBERTY AND HONOUR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ R.I.P. The rear face reads ALSO/ IN RECOGNITION OF THOSE/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO NOBLY CAME FORWARD FOR/ THEIR KING AND COUNTRY.
The inscriptions on the sides of the memorial read TRANSLATED FROM/ THE WARFARE OF THE WORLD/ INTO THE PEACE OF GOD and IN PEACE THEY SLEEP/ GOD THEIR SOULS/ WILL SAFELY KEEP.
Detailed Attributes
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