Summary
War memorial. Erected, after the First World War, in 1920.
Description
War memorial. Erected, after the First World War, in 1920.
MATERIALS: carved from Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, immediately to the north-east of the church. It comprises a Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft, trapezoidal plinth and a square base. It is carved from Portland stone and stands approximately 2.4m high. The east face of the shaft is inscribed in incised and painted lettering TO THE/ GLORY OF/ GOD/ AND IN/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE/ OF THIS/ PARISH/ WHO HAVE/ SACRIFICED/ THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR/ KING/ & COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The names of 10 members of the community who sacrificed their lives are inscribed on the east face of the plinth.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Redlingfield as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial was erected by Charles Pettiward in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew (Grade II*-listed, List Entry No 1032497). It is near the scheduled monument and Grade II-listed C14 building (now a barn, possibly originally a guest house) of a Benedictine nunnery (List Entry Nos 1005963 and 1374919). The war memorial was unveiled by Lord Henniker during a ceremony on Sunday 28 November 1920.
Reasons for Listing
Redlingfield War Memorial, erected in 1920 in the churchyard of the Church of St Andrew, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the First World War.
Group value:
* with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Andrew and the scheduled monument and Grade II-listed building of the medieval Benedictine nunnery south of the churchyard.
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