Southolt War Memorial

St Margaret's Churchyard, Southolt, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7QJ

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Overview

War memorial. Erected, following the First World War, in around 1920. A further inscription was added after the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1459004
Date first listed:: 29-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Southolt War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Margaret's Churchyard, Southolt, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7QJ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1459004
Date first listed:: 29-Aug-2018
List Entry Name:: Southolt War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Margaret's Churchyard, Southolt, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7QJ

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:: St Margaret's Churchyard, Southolt, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7QJ

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Southolt
National Grid Reference:: TM1935168841

Summary

War memorial. Erected, following the First World War, in around 1920. A further inscription was added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Southolt War Memorial, built in about 1920 in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:

Historic interest:

* as a poignant reminder of the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made during the First and Second World Wars.

Group value:

* with the Grade II* -listed former Church of St Margaret.

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 Southolt in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret (Grade II*-listed, List entry no 1288635). It serves as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by seven members of the local community who lost their lives during the First World War. The name of one parishioner who died during the Second World War was subsequently added to the memorial.

Details

War memorial. Erected, following the First World War, in around 1920. A further inscription was added after the Second World War.

MATERIALS: carved from limestone.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Margaret. It comprises a Celtic cross on a tapering shaft with a trapezoidal plinth and square base. The monument stands approximately 2.4m high. The front (south) face of the plinth is inscribed in incised lettering TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES). A further inscription was added to the base after the Second World War 1939-1945/ (NAME).

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register, accessed 15 June 2018 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4835
Photograph on Geograph, accessed 15 June 2018 from http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4486987

Legal

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