Ixworth War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 2020. Memorial.
Ixworth War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- seventh-dormer-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, unveiled in 1919, with inscriptions added after the Second World War.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial, which is approximately 3.3m tall, stands in a prominent position to the south-east of the Church of St Mary (Grade I). It is carved from granite and has a wheel-head cross rising from a tapering shaft that stands on a chamfered plinth of two sections and a two-stepped square base.
The main inscription in black painted lettering on the front face of the plinth reads: TO THE/ GREATER GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ "THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US, AND/ WE WERE NOT HURT... THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY"/ SAMUEL XXV, 15 AND 16/ AND/ 1939-1945.
The names of the fallen are recorded on the south-west and north-east faces, and those who died in the Second World War are on the front lower section the plinth.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: it is enclosed with chain-link and slender metal posts with ball finials.
Detailed Attributes
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