"HORRINGER and ICKWORTH WAR MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of HORRINGER and ICKWORTH who died in the service of their country
32 in the Great War of 1914-1919 and 10 from 1939-145




The Great War memorial is a slate tablet with gilded lettering, fromed in a white stone surround, all in a decorative frmee with a rounded pediment at the top enclosing a cross surrounded by leaves. 1.7 metres high and 1.2 metres wide. On the west wall of the church, designed by Sir Charles Nicholson, unveiled by the Marquis of Bristol on 1st July 1920, dedicted by the Rev.Hodges, Archdeacon of Sudbury. Reported in the Bury Free Press of 3rd July 1920. br>


The WW2 memorial is a wooden board, 57 cm high by 27 cm wide. The lettering (in red) at the start of the inscription reads:
THE ALTAR ORNAMENTS ARE GIVEN
TO THE GLORY OF GOD.( in black) AND IN GRATEFUL-
FUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE MEN OF
HORRINGER AND ICKWORTH WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939-1945

Mervyn Buxton, Lieutenant, R.A.P.C.
Ronald Charles George Cator,
Sergeant Navigator R.A.F.
William Howarth Downey,
Flight Sergeant R.A.F.
The Hon. Alistair Robert Harvey Erskine M.C.,
Lieutenant Scots Guards
Stanley Hardcastle, Private,
The Queen's Royal Regiment
Laurence Potter, Driver, R.A.S.C.
Arthur Reynolds, Gunner,
The Duke of York's Own Loyal Suffolk Hussars
Donavon Gordon Rowe, Private,
The Suffolk Regiment
Bertie William Sadler, Private
The Suffolk Regiment

Under this board is a brass plate engraved
"THIS MEMORIAL WAS MOVED TO IT PRESENT POSITION IN 1985
IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN W.L.SIMPSON M.C. A MEMBER & PRESIDENT
OF HORRINGER & DIST. ROYAL BRITISH LEGION 1949-1982


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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.