Redlingfield War Memorial

Redlingfield War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Redlingfield, Suffolk, IP23 7QR

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Overview

War memorial. Erected, after the First World War, in 1920. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1458826
Date first listed:: 28-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Redlingfield War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Redlingfield War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Redlingfield, Suffolk, IP23 7QR

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1458826
Date first listed:: 28-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Redlingfield War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Redlingfield War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Redlingfield, Suffolk, IP23 7QR

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:: Redlingfield War Memorial, St Andrew's Churchyard, Church Road, Redlingfield, Suffolk, IP23 7QR

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Redlingfield
National Grid Reference:: TM1864870735

Summary

War memorial. Erected, after the First World War, in 1920.

Reasons for Designation

Redlingfield War Memorial, erected in 1920 in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, 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.

Group value:

* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew and the scheduled monument and Grade II-listed building of the medieval Benedictine nunnery south of the churchyard.

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 Redlingfield as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was erected by Charles Pettiward in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew (Grade II*-listed, List Entry No 1032497). It is near the scheduled monument and Grade II-listed C14 building (now a barn, possibly originally a guest house) of a Benedictine nunnery (List Entry Nos 1005963 and 1374919). The war memorial was unveiled by Lord Henniker during a ceremony on Sunday 28 November 1920.

Details

War memorial. Erected, after the First World War, in 1920.

MATERIALS: carved from Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, immediately to the north-east of the church. It comprises a Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, trapezoidal plinth and a square base. It is carved from Portland stone and stands approximately 2.4m high. The east face of the shaft is inscribed in incised and painted lettering TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ OF THIS/ PARISH/ WHO HAVE/ SACRIFICED/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ KING/ & COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The names of 10 members of the community who sacrificed their lives are inscribed on the east face of the plinth.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, accessed 19 June 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4824
Redlingfield Parish: First World War memorial research, accessed 1 August 2018 from http://redlingfield.onesuffolk.net/home/local-history/the-first-world-war/villagers-who-served/
War Memorials Online database, accessed 19 June 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/252133/

Legal

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