Lakenheath War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1921, with additions for later conflicts.

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Lakenheath War Memorial is located on the village green near the pond facing the High Street in Lakenheath, Suffolk.

The memorial is a 6m high Portland limestone obelisk with inset band which stands on a square pedimented stone plinth supported by three tiered stone steps.

The incised inscription is located on the plinth with a later Second World War addition on the two steps. It is painted black and reads THIS MONUMENT/ HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF/ LAKENHEATH/ IN HONOUR OF/ 65 GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914 – 1919/ AS A LASTING RECORD OF THEIR SACRIFICE/ AND IN GRATITUDE TO GOD/ FOR THE VICTORY ACHIEVED/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER MORE”/ ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ “AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN, AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER THEM”. The other faces of the plinth and top step are incised with the names of the fallen including the name of one fallen serviceman from Aden 1964.