Euston War Memorial

Village Green, The Street, Euston, Suffolk, IP24 2QH

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled on 10 January 1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454012
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Euston War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Village Green, The Street, Euston, Suffolk, IP24 2QH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454012
Date first listed:: 09-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Euston War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Village Green, The Street, Euston, Suffolk, IP24 2QH

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:: Village Green, The Street, Euston, Suffolk, IP24 2QH

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Euston
National Grid Reference:: TL8986579093

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled on 10 January 1920, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Euston War Memorial, which is situated on the village green, 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 well-executed Celtic wheel-head cross memorial, demonstrating fine craftsmanship in the carved interlaced knot work designs.

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 Euston as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 10 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled on 10 January 1920 by the Duke of Grafton and dedicated by the rector, Reverend V C A Fitzhugh.

Following the Second World War, the names of the two parishioners who died during that conflict were subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Euston War Memorial is located on the village green at the centre of the village.

It takes the form of a tall, stone Celtic cross; it has an angular wheel-head with interlaced knot work designs carved in relief to the west face of the cross arms. This surmounts a tapering four-sided shaft, which rises from a tapering, square plinth. The whole stands on a three-stepped, square base. The dedications and names are in leaded lettering to the plinth and base.

The main dedication is to an inset panel on the west face of the plinth and reads IN GLORIOUS/ AND NEVER-FADING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO SO BRAVELY FOUGHT AND FELL/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ (10 NAMES).

Directly below, to the west face of the upper-step of the base is the Second World War dedication 1939-1945/ (2 NAMES).

The memorial is enclosed by a circular stretch of metal fencing*.

* Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 18 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/130632/
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 January 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5186
Other
‘Euston War Memorial’, Bury Free Press, (24 January 1920), pp2

Legal

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