"FRECKENHAM WAR MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of FRECKENHAM who died in the service of their country
17 in the Great War of 1914-1919 and 5 in 1939-1945


FRECKENHAM war memorial stands just inside the churchyard of St. Andrew's, Freckenham. It takes the form of a Celtic cross, eight feet high on a tapered base , raised on a square plinth.
Dedicated in February 1920, it was built by Messrs H.G.Neville & Sons. In 1948 the 1939-1945 names were added to the plinth and the memorial was re-dedicated by the Right Reverend Richard Brook, Bishop of St.Edmundsbury & Ipswich on the 7th November 1948
It was Grade II listed in May 2007, having received a grant of £250 from the War Memorials Trust for Conservation in 2006


The inscription on the EAST face reads:-


TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN GRATEFUL
AND ABIDING MEMORY OF
17 OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THIS VILLAGE
OF FRECKENHAM
WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
and below that
1939-1945
DEREK LEAF
and on the plinth
"THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE FOR EVERMORE, THEIR
REWARD IS ALSO WITH THE LORD,AND THE
CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH"
WISDOM. 15


On the NORTH face :-
GEORGE PALEY
EDWIN RAYNER
WILLIAM RUMBELOW
CHARLES SAMS
ALBERT SCARROW
W.E.SINCLAIR
FRANK TOLWORTHY
DAVID WEBBER
and on the plinth below them are
HAROLD HOW
RONALD NEAL

on the SOUTH face:-
JAMES L.BRADLEY
WALTER DENNIS
GEORGE DIVER
WILLIAM A.DORLING
ERNEST J.FULLER
E.LESLIE GREEN
ALBERT HOLMES
WILLIAM E.LISTER
JAMES T.NUTTALL
and on the plinth below them
ARCHIBALD WISEMAN
CYRIL HEMPSTEAD



Church of St Andrew, Freckenham

go BACK to Freckenham home page


They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.