Moulton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 2020. Memorial.
Moulton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- last-groin-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 2020
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Moulton War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, Forest Heath, CB8 8SG
- OS grid reference
- TL 699 641
- Coordinates
- 52.24937, 0.4883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moulton War Memorial is a First World War memorial built in 1920, with alterations made after the Second World War and later. It is made of Portland stone and is prominently located in the churchyard of the Grade I-listed Church of St Peter, near the main (north) entrance.
The memorial features a Latin cross with flared arms atop a slender octagonal shaft, which has a carved foot and plinth, all standing on a tall three-stepped base. The main inscription is located on the front (west) faces of the steps of the base, stating on the upper step: "IN GRATEFUL AND HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF MOULTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." The names of the fallen are inscribed on the middle step, while the lower step bears the inscription: "REST ETERNAL GRANT TO THEM O LORD." The names of those who fell in the First World War are also listed on the northern and southern faces of the middle step.
On the rear (east) faces of the steps, the upper step is inscribed with "1939–1945," and the middle step lists the names of seven individuals who fell in that conflict. The lower step is inscribed with "KOREA" and the name of one fallen soldier, along with the date "1951."
Local climate
Moulton War Memorial sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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