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Reference WMO/117458

Address:

Front Street

Entrance to Village Cemetery

Ousden

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Lychgate
Materials:
  • Timber Oak
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial was built as a lych gate at the entrance to the cemetery and the chapel of St Barnabas. Constructed of bricks made locally and timber form the local estate. Out of the 83 villagers who served in the 1914-19 war 19 were killed. The names of the fallen are carved into the beams inside the gate, with Alfred Cant, the sole name from 1939-1945 being carved on the outside, facing the chapel. The timber was gifted by Capt A.M.Praed and the cost of the rest was £250. The lych-gate is built of locally grown oak and was erected by Ousden Estate workers. It was dedicated on 19th November 1922 by the Rev Dr Grey, vicar of St Mary's church, Bury St Edmunds, and unveiled by Mrs Praed. The unveiling was reported in the Bury Free Press on 25th November 1920

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN // WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR MDCCCCXIV-MDCCCCXIX

inside the roof of the gate, the names;- GEORGE ASHMAN - WALTER AVIS - JOHN BYE & WALTER BYE (BROTHERS) // GEORGE WILLIAM & ROGER JAMES CHAPMAN (BROTHERS) +

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