"KENNY HILL & BURNT FEN WAR MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of KENNY HILL & BURNT FEN who died in the service of their country
Seventeen in the Great War of 1914-1919

The war memorial stands on a grassed area between St James' church and the A1101 road, by the New Testament Baptist Church. Originally a tin mission church erected in 1876, which blew down in 1895 and was replaced by St James, which was made redundant in the 1970's and now is used a school facilities for the New Testament Baptist Church. Built by Messrs H.G.Neville & Son, the memorial is a Sicilian marble obelisk on a three stepped plinth, 31 x 31 inches, 8 feet high, with an urn on top, stood on a small square paved area. Originally further from the church and the trees, it was moved when the New Testament Baptist Church and car park were built. The dedication incised on the front face reads:- THIS MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED IN/GRATEFUL MEMORY/OF THE MEN OF/KENNY HILL AND/BURNT FEN/WHO GAVE THEIR /LIVES FOR KING/AND COUNTRY/IN DEFENCE OF/LIBERTY AND/JUSTICE/IN THE/GREAT WAR/1914 - 1919 The left and right faces hold the rank, forename and surname of the fallen, grouped in their regiment in surname alphabetical order. The Suffolk regiment using one face alone. There are no inscriptions on the reverse. Unveiled on 14th August 1919, the site cost £150, the cost of the actual monument is not known. go BACK to Kenny Hill / Burnt Fen 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.