Middleton War Memorial
Holy Trinity Burial Ground, Back Road, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1458635
- Date first listed:
- 29-Aug-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Middleton War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Holy Trinity Burial Ground, Back Road, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1458635
- Date first listed:
- 29-Aug-2018
- List Entry Name:
- Middleton War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Holy Trinity Burial Ground, Back Road, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NY
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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:
- Holy Trinity Burial Ground, Back Road, Middleton, Suffolk, IP17 3NY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Middleton
- National Grid Reference:
- TM4302467733
Summary
First World War memorial, 1921.
Reasons for Designation
Middleton War Memorial, which stands in a prominent position at the centre of the burial ground, approximately 50m to the south of the Church of the Holy Trinity, 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 an elegant and well-executed Sicilian marble Latin cross.
Group value:
* with the Church of the Holy Trinity (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 Middleton 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 erected by Mr Fred Barber, who built war memorials in several other nearby parishes. The memorial was unveiled on Sunday 17 July 1921 by Major General Sir Ronald Lane KCB, KCVO.
Details
First World War memorial, 1921.
MATERIALS: Sicilian marble.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent position at the centre of the burial ground, approximately 50m to the south of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade II*).
The memorial comprises a plain Latin cross with an elaborately carved foot on a substantial octagonal plinth and single-stepped square base. It is carved from Sicilian marble. On the foot of the cross is a laurel wreath enclosing the inscription 1914/ 1918.
The main inscription on the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF/ MIDDLETON/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR./ THEIR MEMORY/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE.
The names of the fallen are carved on three other faces of the plinth.
Sources
Websites
War Memorial Register, accessed 26 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5532
War Memorials Online, accessed 26 July 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/117172
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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