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War Memorial to the 64 men who gave their lives in the First World War.

Large carved stone surround to bronze memorial recording the fallen of 1914-1919. Inscribed IN PEACE above memorial and THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE below memorial.

The bronze on which the names are inscribed is framed in black marble and the base of the tablet is of Hopton Wood stone. The memorial was first dedicated on 4 August 1921, seven years to the day from the outbreak of World War I. (Extract from the Church information leaflet.)

PRO DEO. PRO REGE . PRO PATRIA

THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO
THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO MARK THE GRIEF, PRIDE AND GRATITUDE
OF THE RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE MEN
OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 AND WHOSE
HONOURED NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW.

ADAIR, FRED. JOSEPH   Able Seaman   H.M.S. Saxon.
ADAMS, THOMAS FRANCIS   Cpl North Som. Yeo.
ATWELL, LESLIE VICTOR   Able Seaman   H.M.S. Patia.
BAKER, HAMILTON ROYCROFT   Chief Ship's Steward   H.M.S. Bellona.
BESSANT, ERNEST GILBERT   Pte   8th Som. L.I.
BOUND, THOMAS   Pte   Oxf. & Bucks L.I.
BRIDGMAN, WILFRED   Pte   North Som. Yeo.
BROWN, ALFRED ERNEST   L/Cpl   M.G.C.
BRYANT, ARTHUR REGINALD   Pte   M.G.C.
CARRITT, HARRY WILLIAM   Capt M.C.   2nd Northants Regt.
CHAPMAN, ARTHUR GOODING   Pte   2/6th Glouc. Regt.
CHURCHILL, ERNEST   Pte   Som. L.I.
CLARKE, GEOFFREY d'A. CAMPBELL   Lieut   R.F.A. In command
92nd Trench Mortar Battery.
COOMBS, VICTOR   Able Seaman   Nelson Batt. Naval Division.
CREES, REGINALD SEYMOUR   Pte   Som. L.I.
DAVIS, EDWARD GEORGE   Pte   R.H.A.
EADES, JOHN WILLIAM   Pte   1/4th Glouc. Regt.
EDWARDS, LESLIE LOUIS C.   Cpl   74th Batt. Canadian Contingent.
FRANKHAM, WILLIAM GEORGE   Pte   24th Welsh Regt.
GOULDEN, FREDERICK CHARLES   Capt   Northern Nigeria Regt.
GOULDEN, WILFRED CHARLES   2nd Lieut   2nd Middlesex Regt.
GRIFFIN, HAROLD   Pte   9th Devons.
HALLIDAY, VICTOR GEORGE   L/Cpl   King's Royal Rifle Corps.
HAYMAN, HENRY GEORGE   Bombardier   R.F.A. Att. R.N.D.
HILL, STANLEY FRANK   Pte   1st Som. L.I.
HOBBS, BENJAMIN   Deck Boy   Hospital Ship, Llandovery Castle.
HOLMES, EDWIN CHARLES   1st Class Petty Officer   H.M.S. Rainbow.
HOLMES, JAMES WALTER   H.M. Submarine A.11.
HOWELL, WILLIAM   Pte   Som. L.I.
JACKSON, CHARLES BENNETT   L/Cpl   1/4th Glouc. Regt.
JAMES, REGINALD VALPY   Lieut   R.E.
JONES, WILLIAM FRED   Pte   1st Som. L.I.
LANG, SAMUEL HERBERT   Petty Officer   H.M.S. Challenger.
LAWRENCE, ERNEST WILLIAM   Able Seaman   H.M.S. Caesar.
MARSH, FREDERICK   L/Cpl   6th Som. L.I.
MARSH, HENRY   1st Class Stoker   H.M.S. Gloucester.
MITCHELL, AUSTIN HORACE O.   Cook   H.M.S. Queen Mary.
MITCHELL, REGINALD ALBERT   Pte   Glouc. Regt.
NORTH, WILLIAM EDWARD   Steward   Merchant Service.
NUNN, KENNETH ASPINALL   Sergt   R.G.A.
OSMENT, JOHN JAMES   Pte   6th Som. L.I.
PARKER, RUPERT FRANCIS   Pte   2/4th Royal Berks Regt.
PARRY, ROLAND GEORGE   Gunner   R.F.A.
PARRY, STANLEY WILLIAM   Gunner   R.F.A. Trench Mortar Batt.
PICTON, CECIL WALLACE   Sapper   R.E.
PITMAN, Frederick   Pte   Royal Irish Fusiliers.
POCOCK, CHARLES ARTHUR PEARCE   2nd Lieut   14th Royal Warwick Regt.
POCOCK, FRANK PEARCE   Surg. Lieut. D.S.O., M.C., and Bar, R.N.
M.O. During Raid at Zeebrugge on board Iris II.
QUICK, GEORGE   Driver   M.G.C.
RENDLE, GEORGE   2nd Lieut   4th East York Regt.
RICHARDS, JOHN HEDLEY   Cpl M.M.   75th Batt. Canadian Contingent.
RICHARDS, NORMAN FRED KYNASTON   2nd Lieut.   12th Glouc. Regt.
ROBBINS, GEORGE   Pte   4th Glouc. Regt.
ROBINSON, JOSEPH ABRAHAM   Pte   12th Som. L.I.
ROWE, FREDERICK WALTER W.   Pte   8th Som. L.I.
SHILLINGLAW, THOMAS MOORE   Purser   H.M.S. Royal Edward.
SMITH, DAVID   Pte   9th Welsh Regt.
SMITH, GAIUS EDWARD   1st Class Boy   H.M.S. Monmouth.
TODD, CHESTER WILLIAM   Major D.S.O.   R.F.A. (T.).
VOWLES, HARRY   Pte   2/6th Glouc. Regt.
WAKEFIELD, LIONEL STEWART   Sergt   2nd York & Lanc. Regt.
WHITE, BENJAMIN CUTHBERT   Pte   2nd Gren. Guards.
WILLIAMS, ALBERT HENRY H.   Pte   14th Glouc. Regt.
WILMOTT, JAMES THOS.   Pte   East Yorks Regt.

Ref 1916R659 (James Walter Holmes)

Other information.

(Also commemorated at :-
Victor COOMBS : NBGNE142
John William EADES : NBGNE194
Frederick Charles GOULDEN and Wilfred Charles GOULDEN : NBGNE058
Victor George HALLIDAY : NBGNE107
Charles Bennett JACKSON : OBGH070
William Frederick JONES : NBGNE303
Samuel Herbert LANG : NBGNE110
William Edward NORTH : OBGH055
George RENDLE : NBGSC007
Chester William TODD : CH034 and OBGA004
Albert Henry H. WILLIAMS : NBGNE150)

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