Market Weston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 2018. War memorial.

Market Weston War Memorial

WRENN ID
third-timber-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 2018
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1919.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent location within the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*), immediately to the north of the main path between the churchyard gate and the church.

The memorial comprises a round, polished granite pillar, surmounted by an urn of the same material. The upper portion of the pillar is adorned with relief arches, each etched with a fleur-de-lis design, which is repeated around the top of the pillar and the urn. The whole stands upon a square granite plinth upon a square concrete base.

The east-facing section of the pillar bears the inscription IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF/ THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918/ (7 NAMES).

On the base is the additional inscription STILL REMEMBERED 2001.

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