Mildenhall War Memorial
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1481073
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Mildenhall War Memorial
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1481073
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-2022
- List Entry Name:
- Mildenhall War Memorial
- Location Description:
- The corner of A1101 and King Street, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7ET
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.
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- West Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Mildenhall High
- National Grid Reference:
- TL7117974750
Summary
A First World War memorial, dedicated in 1920, with further names added after the Second World War.
Reasons for Designation
Mildenhall 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 good example of memorial design incorporating a figure sculpture of a soldier of the First World War.
History
The concept of commemorating war dead did not develop to any great extent until towards the end of the C19. Previously, memorials were rare and were mainly dedicated to individual officers, or sometimes regiments. The first large-scale erection of war memorials dedicated to the ordinary soldier followed the Second Boer War of 1899-1902, the first major war following reforms to the British Army which led to regiments being recruited from local communities and with volunteer soldiers. However, it was 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.
This memorial was constructed at a cost of £350 and dedicated on 24 October 1920. The architect and sculptor responsible are not known. It commemorates 122 individuals from the parish of Mildenhall; 86 names from the First World War and 36 from the Second World War. The panels containing the inscriptions were replaced after 1945.
Details
MATERIALS: Portland stone and granite with metal chains.
DESCRIPTION: The memorial is situated in the middle of King Street, at the Junction with Kingsway, a prominent position on a major route through the centre of Mildenhall. It consists of a figure of a soldier standing at ease with a rifle facing north on a square column raised on three stages set on a square, stepped base. This is surrounded by eight short stone pillars linked by chains. Polished granite panels are set on all four sides of the column. These feature a dedication on the north side of the column reading TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN AND WOMEN/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ TWO WORLD WARS/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The names of the fallen of the First World War are inscribed on the east and west sides and those of the Second World War on the south.
Sources
Websites
UK Inventory of War Memorials, accessed 15 March 2022 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/4565
War Memorials Online, accessed 15 March 2022 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/134915
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
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