Great Bealings War Memorial
Great Bealings War Memorial, Junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, Great Bealings, Suffolk, IP13 6PA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1470080
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Great Bealings War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- Great Bealings War Memorial, Junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, Great Bealings, Suffolk, IP13 6PA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1470080
- Date first listed:
- 11-May-2020
- List Entry Name:
- Great Bealings War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- Great Bealings War Memorial, Junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, Great Bealings, Suffolk, IP13 6PA
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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:
- Great Bealings War Memorial, Junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane, Great Bealings, Suffolk, IP13 6PA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Great Bealings
- National Grid Reference:
- TM2318148932
Summary
A First World War memorial, unveiled 1919, altered after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Great Bealings War Memorial 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 fine example of a granite wheel-cross in the Celtic style.
Group value:
* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Mary.
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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Great Bealings as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the 14 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
The memorial was sponsored by Colonel Lord Henniker and dedicated by the Revered Canon C D Lawrence on 28 December 1919.
The name of one parishioner who fell during the Second World War was subsequently added to the memorial.
Details
A First World War memorial, unveiled 1919, altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial is located opposite the entrance to the Church of St Mary, at the junction of Boot Street and Bealings Lane on a raised and paved area.
The memorial comprises a wheel cross in the Celtic style on a trapezoidal plinth and rectangular base. The main inscription in leaded letters on the front of the plinth reads: IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE GREAT BEALINGS MEN / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 followed by the names of the 14 men who fell, and their regiments.
Beneath this is inscribed: 1939, the name and regiment of the one who fell, and 1945. On the front face of the rectangular base is the inscription "LEST WE FORGET".
Sources
Websites
Imperial War Museum War Memorials Register – Great Bealings, accessed 24/03/2020 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5430
War Memorials Online – Great Bealings War Memorial, accessed 24/03/2020 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/267667/
Great Bealings War Memorial, accessed 24/03/2020 from http://www.greatbealings.co.uk/WarMemorial.htm
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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