Ramsholt War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, Ramsholt, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3AE

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1458470
Date first listed:: 17-Sep-2018
List Entry Name:: Ramsholt War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Ramsholt, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3AE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1458470
Date first listed:: 17-Sep-2018
List Entry Name:: Ramsholt War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, Ramsholt, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3AE

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, Ramsholt, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3AE

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: East Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Ramsholt
National Grid Reference:: TM3071742092

Summary

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Ramsholt War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* as a simple yet evocative plain wheel-head cross.

Group value:

* with the Church of All Saints (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 Ramsholt as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

It was unveiled in May 1921 by Lady Quilter of Bawdsey Manor, who was also the mother of one of those commemorated on the memorial.

The names of those parishioners who fell during the Second World War were added to the memorial in 1990, when the memorial was restored.

Details

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard, to the east of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*). The memorial comprises a plain stone wheel-head cross with a tapering rough-hewn plinth on a square base.

The main inscription in incised and black-painted lettering on the west face of the plinth reads: IN GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914–1918/ (7 NAMES)/ 1939–1945/ (2 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE.

Sources

Websites
Roll of Honour , accessed 27 July 2017 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Ramsholt.html
Village Voices , accessed 27 July 2017 from http://www.villagevoices.org.uk/World%20War%20I/The%20Fallen.htm
War Memorial Register, accessed 27 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5552
War Memorials Online, accessed 27 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/

Legal

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