Feltwell War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details First World War memorial, 1920. MATERIALS: red granite, concrete. DESCRIPTION: Feltwell War Memorial is located in a semi-circular roadside enclosure, bounded by walls, adjacent to the south-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed). The memorial is comprised of a polished, red granite wheel-head cross rising from a tapering plinth on a square base. This surmounts a three-stepped concrete base on a broad, stone-slab platform. The plinth bears the inscriptions and names in incised lettering, painted white. The principal inscription is to the south face of the plinth and reads: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The 46 names are on the remaining faces. Beneath the principal inscription, on the plinth base, is the inscription: WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (nine names). To the north-east of the memorial is a red brick wall with a stone pediment and base, carrying a polished, black granite plaque dedicated to the No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron.* * Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (‘the Act’) it is declared that these aforementioned features are not of special architectural or historic interest due to its date of construction.

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.