Haverhill War Memorial

MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite cross with York stone stepped base.

DESCRIPTION: Haverhill War Memorial is situated in Haverhill Cemetery on the Withersfield Road.

The monument comprises a Latin cross with tapering polygonal shaft on a stepped moulded plinth bearing a carved wreath and inset with panels. At the base of the shaft on the first step of the plinth is incised: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE / INHABITANTS OF HAVERHILL IN / GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS / THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS / FRIENDS". The other panels carry the names of the fallen.

The plinth rises on a three-stepped octagonal base on an octagonal paved surround enclosed by a low stone wall which bears granite panels to commemorate those who fell during the Second World War. One carries the dedication: THESE PANELS WERE PLACED/ HERE BY THE INHABITANTS/ OF HAVERHILL IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945. The other plaques carry the names of the fallen.

Further low stone walls enclose paths leading up to the memorial. In front of the memorial on one path is a plaque set into the paving which reads:1914 + 1919/ WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM/ 1939 + 1945.

Another plaque reads: IN MEMORY OF/ FORTY-TWO MEN OF THE/ BRITISH COMMONWEALTH/ EMPIRE AND ALLIED NATIONS/ WHO DIED IN THEIR COUNTRY'S/ SERVICE AND WHOSE MORTAL/ REMAINS REST NEAR/ THIS CROSS.