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Framsden
Town or City: Debenham
County: Suffolk
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM4690
Value of grant: £550.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2011
UKNIWM reference number: 4757
Framsden war memorial is located in St Mary’s Churchyard on Church Row. The Portland stone memorial is a simple rectangular stone on a two-stepped base. The memorial is dedicated to those killed in World Wars I and II and the inscriptions are incised onto the front face of the memorial and painted black. There are carvings on the memorial of a wreath and cross. The memorial is located within the grounds of the Grade I listed Church.
In 2011, the Trust gave a grant of £550 towards improving the legibility of the inscriptions which had largely become illegible. This involved cleaning the memorial with de-ionised water and non-metallic brushes and the application of a quaternary ammonium-based biocide. Once the memorial was cleaned it allowed for the assessment of the condition of the inscriptions and those that were still illegible were re-cut or sharpened by hand and all were painted with black enamel paint. 
Any opened or failed joints were raked out by hand and re-pointed with lime mortar. As the Church is listed a Faculty was required for the works.
The memorial was designed by Mr E. E. Saunders of Cemetery Road, Ipswich and was unveiled and dedicated on 31st October 1920. A short service in the Church was led by the Rev. W. Hugh Wood with the Sermon by the Venerable Archdeacon of Suffolk. During a hymn the congregation moved to the Churchyard where the Archdeacon said a prayer and Sir Arthur Churchman MP gave a speech. Mr W. Howell said a prayer on behalf of the non-conformists of the village.
The inscriptions on the memorial read:
“1914 1919
To the glory of God
and in honoured memory of the men
from Framsden who gave their lives
in the Great War.
Robert Bayles,
George Burrows,
William Gostling,
George Gostling,
Thomas Loder,
Frederick Manning,
Harry J. Moss,
Oliver Moss,
Morris Moss,
C. Walter Nunn,
Albert G. Parker,
Alfred J. Parker,
Alfred J. Rose,
Samuel J. Stammers,
Charles Vincent,
Frederick Watling,
James Watling,
Edward A. Woods,
Sidney W. Woods.”
“Also of the following who gave their lives
1939 in the Second World War 1945
Walter Bayles, Leonard Thrower, Walter Thurlow.”
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM4690
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 4757
The National Heritage List for England
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
