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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