Beck Row War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 2018. War memorial.
Beck Row War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- sunken-brick-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tall Portland stone memorial stands on a small grassed area at the junction of The Street and Lamble Close. It comprises a tall obelisk on a low plinth, square on plan, with a three-stage base.
The main inscription on the south-west face of the plinth, recorded on a granite plaque set into the Portland stone, reads FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS/ ERECTED IN GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF BECK ROW/ HOLYWELL ROW/ AND WILDE STREET/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1919/ AND/ WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THEIR SPIRITS TO GOD.
Commemorated First World War names are listed on granite plaques let into the plinth sides and into the upper stage of the base. The Second World War names are listed on a similar plaque on the base, whilst the name of the civilian, Martha Brightwell, is incised into the middle stage of the base.
The memorial is enclosed within a small square area, marked by paving and gravel, with four corner posts carrying a chain.
Detailed Attributes
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