COCKFIELD WAR MEMORIALS



Cockfield Memorial Cross
The Cockfield War Memorial Cross stands at the junction of Church Lane with Howe Lane. A 3 metre high granite Celtic cross on a tapered pillar above a tapered, inscribed, plinth, with two steps to a paved area surrounded by stone posts and metal rails.
Unveiled on 3rd April 1920 by Brig-Gen. S.E. Massy-Lloyd and dedicated by the Venerable G. Hodges. Fashioned and erected by stone masons, F J Lindley of Sudbury, at a cost of £130 - 10 shillings.

The inscription on one face reads
IN MEMORY OF
THE COCKFIELD MEN
WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1914-1919
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"

The names of the fallen are on the other three faces. Below, on the top step, are the names of the fallen from 1939-1945


photos Adrian Pye


Inside the church is a wall mounted stone tablet with the names of the fallen from WW1 and WW2. The tablet was installed to replace the framed paper version. The dedication of the tablet was held during the Remembrance Service on the 9th November 2014 when the Col. James Aldous OBE unveiled the tablet.

In addition, in the porch of the church is a flower arrangement with a notice:-
"The flowers placed here each
week are in memory of the men
and women of Cockfield
whose lives were lost
in the Two World Wars



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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.