"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:- 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 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 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, |