RISBY WAR MEMORIAL

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Reference WMO/135292

Address:

Village Green

School Road

Risby

IP28 6RG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The Risby war memorial on the village green is a Latin cross on a slender square shaft to an octagonal, four-stepped base. At the centre of the cross piece on the front face is "IHS" and on the reverse "CHI-RO". The whole monument is of Weldon stone, just under 5 metres high and a metre wide. The inscriptions are incised into granite panels let into the top two steps of the base, Great War on four faces at the top, 1939-1945 on three faces of the next step down. The granite inserts are apparently later additions presumably to counteract erosion of the original lettering Unveiled in 1920 Lt. S P Eagle on 9th April 1920, it was designed by Thomas Dinham Atkinson and built by Hanchetts. The details appeared in the Bury and Norwich Post of 16th April 1920.
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Top step IN MEMORIAM // 1914-1919 and below that THE // SECOND WORLD WAR // 1939-1945 // TO THE HONOURED MEMORY // OF THE FOUR MEN OF THIS VILLAGE // WHO DID NOT RETURN

on polished granite inserts, counter clockwise from the dedication PTE. J.BRIDGE // PTE. J.V.DANIEL // SEC.LIEUT.G.C.EAGLE, then STOKER W.C.E.HALLS // SGT.G.W.HART // LC CPL.D.H.MILLS then PTE. E.ORBELL // PTE.R.RUSHBROOKE // PTE.W.J.WALLACE, then on lower step, to left of dedication JOHN THOMAS CLIPSON // 2ND BATTN.SUFFOLK REGT. // BEN THOMAS GIBBONS // ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS and on right of dedication JOHN PHILIP THORP // 2ND CAMBRIDGESHIRE REGT // PAUL FRANCIS WEBLING // ROYAL AIR FORCE.

Grade II (England)

1469808

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