Southwold War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1921, with Second World War additions. It was sculpted by Messrs RJ Allen and Son of Southwold. MATERIALS: of rock-faced granite. PLAN: it is square-on-plan. DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the north-east corner of Bartholomew Green, adjacent to the churchyard gates (listed Grade II) to the Church of St Edmund (listed Grade I). It comprises a four-stepped base on which stands a trapezoidal plinth with leaded inscriptions on polished faces to all four sides. Rising from the plinth is a tall shaft which tapers in rectangular section to a Celtic wheel-head cross. On the east face is a relief carving of the Sword of Sacrifice. The First World War dedication is inscribed on the plinth’s east face and reads ‘1914 – 1918 / TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF OUR / FELLOW TOWNS MEN WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / [Names]’. Further names of the men who died during the First World War are inscribed on the west face. The north face is inscribed ‘1939 – 1945’ with the names of the service men who died inscribed below while the inscription on the south face reads ‘CIVILIANS KILLED BY / ENEMY ACTION / 1939 – 1945 / [Names]. The memorial stands within an octagonal lawned area which is defined by granite kerb stones and a chain link fence with cast iron bollards. This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 15 January 2018.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.