Darsham War Memorial
The churchyard, Church of All Saints, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3QA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452682
- Date first listed:
- 26-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Darsham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard, Church of All Saints, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3QA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1452682
- Date first listed:
- 26-Feb-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Darsham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- The churchyard, Church of All Saints, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3QA
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The churchyard, Church of All Saints, The Street, Darsham, Suffolk, IP17 3QA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Darsham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM4207669921
Summary
First World War memorial cross, unveiled 1920, with later additions for the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Darsham War Memorial, which stands outside the parish church, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* a slender memorial cross on a substantial base, the finely dressed white marble is a strong visual contrast to the rubble walling in local materials of the church wall behind.
Group value:
* with the Church of All Saints (Grade I) and a number of Grade II-listed buildings in close proximity.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Darsham as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 16 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. A parish meeting held in June 1919 decided on a cross, which was built a year later. Designed by Mr Calver of Halesworth, it was erected by Mr Fred Barber (builder). The memorial was dedicated on Sunday 27 June 1920, unveiled by Mrs Parry-Crooke and Mrs Hambling. The names of four parishioners who died during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
The tall memorial stands in the churchyard, outside the west wall of the Church of All Saints (Grade I-listed). It is carved from white Sicilian marble. The memorial comprises a Latin cross rising from the moulded collar of a tapering octagonal shaft. The cross head is ornamented with a small cross floretty carved in low relief. The cross shaft stands on a five-stepped base.
The main inscription in applied metal lettering on the west face of the stepped base reads
(top step) THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919
(second step) IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF OUR FALLEN/ HEROES
(third step) (5 NAMES)
(fourth step) (11 NAMES)/ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.”
A further inscription in raised leaded lettering on the south face of the stepped base reads
(second step) THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ IN MEMORY OF
(third step) (4 NAMES)/ “THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.”
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 15 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5475
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/117229/
Other
"War Memorial", The Leiston Observer, 28 June 1919
"Dedication of War Memorials", East Anglian Daily Times, 29 June 1920, p4
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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