Hintlesham War Memorial

St Nicholas Churchyard, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, IP8 3NH

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Overview

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions. It was designed by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464995
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2020
List Entry Name:: Hintlesham War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Nicholas Churchyard, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, IP8 3NH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1464995
Date first listed:: 30-Jan-2020
List Entry Name:: Hintlesham War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Nicholas Churchyard, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, IP8 3NH

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 Nicholas Churchyard, George Street, Hintlesham, Suffolk, IP8 3NH

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: Babergh (District Authority)
Parish:: Hintlesham
National Grid Reference:: TM0875443442

Summary

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions. It was designed by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton.

Reasons for Designation

Hintlesham War Memorial, erected in 1920 to a design by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton, with Second World War additions, 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:

* as a simple but impressive and well executed wheel-head cross.

Group value:

* with the Church of St Nicholas (listed Grade II).

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of war 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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Hintlesham in Suffolk as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 24 men of the parish who died during the conflict. Designed by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton, the memorial was unveiled on 13 June 1920 by Sir Gerald Ryan, who lived at Hintlesham Hall and was High Sheriff of Suffolk. It was dedicated by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Following the Second World War a dedication was added to commemorate the 10 parishioners who fell in that conflict.

Details

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions. It was designed by Mr Charles Mee of Sproughton.

MATERIALS: Aberdeen granite and York stone.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside position at the southern edge of the churchyard to the Church of St Nicholas (listed Grade II).

It comprises a small, plain, wheel-head cross which rises from a tall, tapering cylindrical shaft. The shaft stands on a deep plinth, square on plan, which in turn sits on a square, three-stepped base, the whole standing on a single-step York stone foundation.

The dedicatory inscription is in leaded lettering on the plinth's south face and reads: 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF HINTLESHAM / WHOSE LIVES WERE LAID DOWN FOR US / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / 1939 - 1945 / THEIR NAMES, INSCRIBED HEREON / SHALL LIVE FOR EVER / IN HOPE OF A GLORIOUS RESURRECTION'.

The names of the 22 men who died in the First World War are inscribed on the east and west faces of the plinth while the north face bears the names of 10 men who died in the Second World War under the heading '1939 - 1945'.

Sources

Websites
Hintlesham and Chattisham Remembering Our Fallen website , accessed 7 June 2019 from http://hintleshamwarmemorial.com/
War Memorials Online, Hintlesham War Memorial, accessed 7 June 2019 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138941
War Memorials Register,Imperial War Museum, Hintlesham War Memorial, accessed 7 June 2019 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4439
Other
East Anglian Daily Times, 14 June 1920

Legal

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