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Roll of Honour, Dunwich St James, Suffolk

IN MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF THIS PARISH

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR

KING AND COUNTRY

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18

 

ALEXANDER WILLIAM GEORGE

CANADIAN REGT

 

BARNE MILES MAJOR D.S.O.

2ND SCOTS GUARDS 17-9-1917

 

BARNE SEYMOUR CAPT M.C.

20TH HUSSARS 23-4-1917

 

LARTER JOHN

R.F.A. 27-5-1917

 

LINGWOOD EDWARD ST. HILARY 2ND LIEUT

3RD BEDFORDSHIRE REGT 3-5-1917

 

SHEPPARD JAMES BAGGOT

R.F.A. 13-4-1918

 

SWAN ERNEST JOHN

8TH SUFFOLKS 10-1917

 

THORNTON LEONARD

R.F.A. 28-4-1917

 

WEBB NOEL WILLIAM WARD CAPT M.C.

R.F.C. 16-8-1917

 

WEBB PAUL FREDERIC HOBSON LIEUT

R.A.F. 7-7-1918

 

 

 

 

All Saints Church in Dunwich closed in 1778 and fell over the cliffs between 1904 and 1919. For nearly 60 years Dunwich was without a parish church. St James' Church was built in 1830 to provide a place of worship.

 

The design was a simple white brick church in the classical style, with a low tower with a domed top. A change of taste led the local Victorians altering the church in 1845. The walls were clad with flint, arched windows were introduced and a square tower replaced the dome. The chancel was added in 1881.

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