Chevington War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, Chevington, Suffolk, IP29 5QH

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled 12 June 1921, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454246
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Chevington War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, Chevington, Suffolk, IP29 5QH

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454246
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Chevington War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, Chevington, Suffolk, IP29 5QH

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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Location

Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Road, Chevington, Suffolk, IP29 5QH

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Chevington
National Grid Reference:: TL7887960098

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled 12 June 1921, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Chevington War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints’ 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 conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* a well-executed wheel-head memorial.

Group value:

* with the Grade I-listed All Saints’ Church.

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 Chevington as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 20 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was unveiled on 12 June 1921 by Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Briggs. The memorial was erected by Mr A H Hanchet, monumental mason of Bury St Edmunds, who built a number of war memorials in the Suffolk area, including the Grade II-listed Bacton War Memorial.

The names of three parishioners who died during the Second World War were subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial, 1921, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Chevington War Memorial is located in the churchyard to the south of All Saints’ Church (Grade I-listed).

The memorial is of Portland stone and takes the form of a wheel-head cross with cusped tracery to the inner segments of the wheel. This crowns a tall, octagonal tapering shaft with moulded collar and terminates in a square foot with chamfered stops. The shaft rises from a square plinth, which is chamfered along the top edges. The whole surmounts a two-stepped, square base. All lettering is incised.

The principal inscription is to the east face of the plinth and reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ REMEMBER BEFORE HIM/ THE HEROIC DEAD OF THIS PARISH/ 1914–1919/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM. The names of the 20 men who died are recorded on the remaining three faces of the plinth.

The east face of the upper step of the base carries a further inscription, which reads ALSO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945/ (3 NAMES).

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 January 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5110
Other
‘War Memorial Unveiled at Chevington’, Bury Free Press, (18 June 1921), pp6

Legal

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