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Latitude: 52.0611 / 52°3'39"N
Longitude: 1.1556 / 1°9'20"E
OS Eastings: 616417
OS Northings: 245000
OS Grid: TM164450
Mapcode National: GBR TMP.QZK
Mapcode Global: VHLBS.ZG9B
Plus Code: 9F433564+C7
Entry Name: World War I and II Memorial
Listing Date: 4 August 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1237533
English Heritage Legacy ID: 428790
Also known as: Christchurch Park War Memorial
Ipswich Cenotaph
ID on this website: 101237533
Location: Christchurch Park, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1
County: Suffolk
District: Ipswich
Electoral Ward/Division: Westgate
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Ipswich
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Ipswich St Margaret
Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Tagged with: Cenotaph War memorial
TM1645SW
642-0/1/10049
IPSWICH
CHRISTCHURCH PARK
World War I and II Memorial
GV
II
First World War memorial. 1922-3. By E Adams, adapted later to
include Second World War. Stone over brick core. Memorial is
set on a raised platform and is of rectangular section. Plinth
has a splayed step rising to a short rectangular obelisk with
rolled edges. Base with wreaths to north and south,
commemorative bronze plaque to west and a bronze casting
attached on pedestals to east. The casting is in form of a
bundle of military emblems and artefacts wrapped in a flag;
articles include bandoliers of ammunition, a Mk. II Browning
machine gun, a Vickers gas-operated light machine gun, spears,
mace and other regalia. On top of the bundle are a soldier's
personal effects: uniform, helmet, gas-mask, water bottle,
camouflage webbing, satchel full of Mills bombs. To north-west
is a later stone-faced wall with attached bronze plaques
listing names of fallen. On top of wall is a bronze lamp with
the Eternal Flame.
Listing NGR: TM1641745000
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 13 January 2017.
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