On this stone we the villagers of Dennington record our deep debt of love and gratitude to those from this parish who lost their lives fighting for us and our country, and our firm belief that from their glorious death they will attain unto life everlasting. Amen.
SERGEANT H. STEARN…..SUFFOLKS
CORPORAL W. ALDOUS….SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE C. FULLER………LINCOLNS
PRIVATE J. BECK…………..YORKS
PRIVATE H. JOHNSON…….MCN GN CPS
LNCE CPL C. SEGGONS……SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE CLAUDE PIPE……R. FUSILIERS
PRIVATE A.E. GODBOLD…..SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE J. BLOSS………….W.YORKS
PRIVATE C. DAVEY………..SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE R. FISK…………..SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE E. WRIGHT………SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE CLARENCE PIPE..SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE P. STEARN……….NTH HANTS
PRIVATE H.W. HOWARD….SCTSH RIFLES
SERGEANT E. MEADOWS…SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE A. LEEK…………..SUFFOLKS
PRIVATE G. LEEPER……….SCTSH RIFLES
PRIVATE J. LEEPER………..NORFOLKS
PRIVATE W.J. STUDD……..SUFFOLKS
The names have been put into alphabetical order for ease of research.
The Roll of Honour site has also looked at the names on this memorial.
www.roll-of-honour.com/Suffolk/Dennington.html
For more on each name see comments below.
Abbreviations used.
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
SDGW – Soldiers Died in the Great War
IRC – International Red Cross
MIC – Medal Index Card
Hoxne was the Civil District for the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages until 1907. After that the civil parish of Dennington was transferred to the Hartismere District.
From The Framlingham Weekly News – Saturday September 25, 1920.
DENNINGTON’S FALLEN.
TABLET UNVEILED BY LORD STRADBROKE.
The memorial to the twenty men of the parish of Dennington who fell in the Great War takes the form of a tavlet in white Portland Stone, affixed to the wall of the chancel. At the top are three bronze plaques in relief. The first, which is entitle “The Call”, shows a Dennington man at the plough near Dennington Mill. A regiment of soldiers passing along the road give him the call. “Your King and Country need you.” The second tablet, entitled “The Response,” shows the same men joined up and in the trenches with others, together with all the paraphernalia of war round them, including machine guns, trench mortars, and a German plane overhead dropping bombs into the trenches. In the distance is a monitor bombarding the coast. The third is called “The Higher Call,” and shows the same soldier mortally wounded on the field of battle, having a vision of Christ calling him to higher service, Underneath is inscribed, “On this stone we, the villagers of Dennington, record our deep debt of love and gratitude to those from this parish who lost their lives fighting for us and our country, and our firm belief that from their glorious death they will attain unto life everlasting. Amen.” Then follow the names, with rank and regiment, of the twenty men who were killed. At the foot of the tablet is the text: “He that loseth his life shall find it.”
The unveiling ceremony was solemnised at the afternoon service on Sunday, when there was a large congregation, all the seating accommodation being occupied. While Boy Scouts of the Framlingham district lined both sides of the aisle. The service was conducted by the Rector, the Rev. E. Bates, and the sermon was delivered by Canon Abbay.
Miss G. Lewis, of Saxtead, who presided at the organ, having played the “Dead March,” Lord Stradbroke then advanced to the tablet, and having lowered the screening flag, said: “I unveil this memorial to the glory of God and in honour of those brave men who sacrificed their lives, performing their duty to their country, and their noble example of unselfishness will ever be sacred to all of us.” The “Last Post” and “Reveille” were sounded by Sergt. Read, and the service concluded with the singing of the National Anthem.
