Stoke-by-Clare war memorial

Lower Green, The Street, Stoke By Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8HW

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Overview

War memorial, unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the local men who served in the First World War and fell in the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1477163
Date first listed:: 21-Sep-2021
List Entry Name:: Stoke-by-Clare war memorial
Statutory Address:: Lower Green, The Street, Stoke By Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8HW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1477163
Date first listed:: 21-Sep-2021
List Entry Name:: Stoke-by-Clare war memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Lower Green, The Street, Stoke By Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8HW

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:: Lower Green, The Street, Stoke By Clare, Sudbury, CO10 8HW

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

County:: Suffolk
District:: West Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Stoke-by-Clare
National Grid Reference:: TL7420243644

Summary

War memorial, unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the local men who served in the First World War and fell in the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Stoke-by-Clare War Memorial, unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the local men who served in the First World War and fell in the Second World War, 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 sacrifices it made in the conflicts of the C20.

Architectural interest:

* as an elegant and well-executed memorial.

Group value:

* for the strong group value the war memorial holds with nearby listed buildings, including the Vicarage (Grade II), Silver Farmhouse (Grade II), and Green Farmhouse (Grade II*).

History

The aftermath of the First World War that was the great age of memorial building, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and 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 Stoke-by-Clare in the garden of the former village primary school (now Stoke College nursery school) as a permanent testament to the sacrifices made by 107 local men who served in the First World War. Of those who served, 27 are known to have lost their lives in service, and 80 are known to have served and returned. The memorial was dedicated by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and unveiled by Field Marshall Sir William R Robertson, Bart., GCB., GCMG. KCVO, DSO on 23 January 1921. The event was recorded in the East Anglian Daily Times on 25 January and Suffolk and Essex Free Press on 26 January 1921. Following the Second World War the names of three local men who fell in the conflict were added to the memorial.

Details

War memorial, unveiled in 1921, dedicated to the local men who served in the First World War and fell in the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial is crafted from Portland stone and takes the form of an obelisk set on a square plinth, base and two steps. The west elevation of the obelisk is inscribed ‘TO THE / MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF STOKE / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919’. The names of 27 men who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the west face of the plinth, and the other three sides record the names of 80 men who served and returned. Below the plinth, the west face of the base is inscribed with the dates ‘1939-1945’ and the names of three local men who fell in the Second World War. The memorial stands in a prominent location adjacent The Street (A1092), the main road which runs through Stoke-by-Clare, in the garden of the former village primary school, now Stoke College nursery school.

Sources

Websites
Imperial War Museums, ‘War Memorial Register’, ‘Stoke by Clare WW1 and WW2’, accessed 25 August 2021 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/5271
Roll of Honour, ‘Stoke by Clare War Memorial’, accessed 25 August 2021 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/StokeByClare.html
War Memorials Online, ‘Stoke by Clare’, accessed 25 August 2021 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/132986/

Legal

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