World War I Memorial - St Mary's Church, Monewden, Suffolk, IP13 7DA - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The parish church of St.Mary is a Grade II* listed building. There are some Cllth or C12th fragments but the church is mainly c1300 with some C15th additions. Built of rubble and knapped flint, and rendered with ashlar dressings it has a brick and plain tile roof and is simple in plan, a nave, a chancel, a west tower with a south-western porch.

Internally the church was refurbished in c.1906 but not all the old fixtures were changed. Eleven benches to the nave are either wholly or partially of mediaeval date with poppyhead decoration, and the Rood staircase with both openings are still there. There is one of the few wooden chancel arches in Suffolk, at once simple and elegant, it draws the eye towards the excellent window of the Crucifixion, installed here after the Second World War as a memorial to those from the village who died fighting in that conflict. (See waymark:- WMR0YR).

The WWI memorial is a white marble slab within an aedicule, a structural framing device of columns and pediment with scroll foot giving importance to its contents, the dedication and the names of the fallen. Surmounted by an open cross and the war dates the wording inscribed into the marble is:-

               In Honoured Memory of the Men of this Parish
                who laid down their lives in the Great War
                  Sergt. Cyril H.Tarrant        Suff.Regt.
                  L/Cpl. Geoffery C.Martin          "
                  Pte. Robert J.Thorndike           "
                   "   Arthur Warne                 "
                   "   Alfred E.Collins   Manchester Regt.
                  Gunner Hesse Crowfoot             R.F.A.
                            _______________
                      Their name liveth for evermore.

The co-ordinates given are for the south porch.

Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Monewden Parochial Church Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: St Mary's Church Monewden, Suffolk UK IP13 7DA Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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