Dallinghoo War Memorial

c50m to the south-east of St Mary's church, The churchyard, Church Road, Dallinghoo, Suffolk, IP13 0LA

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Overview

First World War memorial cross. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453018
Date first listed:: 09-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Dallinghoo War Memorial
Statutory Address:: c50m to the south-east of St Mary's church, The churchyard, Church Road, Dallinghoo, Suffolk, IP13 0LA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1453018
Date first listed:: 09-Feb-2018
List Entry Name:: Dallinghoo War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: c50m to the south-east of St Mary's church, The churchyard, Church Road, Dallinghoo, Suffolk, IP13 0LA

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: c50m to the south-east of St Mary's church, The churchyard, Church Road, Dallinghoo, Suffolk, IP13 0LA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Suffolk
District:: East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Dallinghoo
National Grid Reference:: TM2665154947

Summary

First World War memorial cross.

Reasons for Designation

Dallinghoo War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard, 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 First World War.

Architectural interest:

* a simple yet poignant wheel-head cross in the Celtic style; * unusually, the memorial has not been adapted for Second Wordl War commemoration, and thus retains its original design intent.

Group value:

* with the Church of St Mary (Grade II*) and the Lychgate to Churchyard (Grade II).

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 Dallinghoo as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates 11 local servicemen who died in the conflict.

Details

The stone memorial, c2m tall, stands in the south-east corner of the churchyard, close to the Church of St Mary (Grade II*) and its lychgate (Grade II). It comprises a plain carved wheel-head cross with a tapering shaft, that stands on a tapering plinth with a single-stepped base.

The principal dedicatory inscription reads IN/ GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1919./ (11 NAMES).

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, 27 February 2018.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 February 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/256517
War Memorials Register, accessed 19 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5471

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.