Great Yarmouth WW2 and Post-WW2 Memorial

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Reference WMO/131943

Address:

St. George's Park

Alexandra Road

Great Yarmouth

NR30 2HW

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wall
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Metal Copper
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Cyprus Emergency (1955-1959)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
  • Malayan Emergency (1948-1960)
  • Palestine (1900-1999)
About the memorial: The Memorial consists of three walls forming the sides of a rectangle enclosed in an area surrounded by 1 metre high metal railings. The centre column of the back (east facing wall) is a panel beas the general commemoration.On the back and right hand (south facing) walls are 17 panels listing, in surname alphabetical order (except for the last 10), with first initials, the names of 548 servicemen who died in WW2. On the left hand (north facing) wall, are listed in surname alphabetical order, with initials, the names of 171 civilians who died in WW2 (the last one added at a later date). On the end column of the left wall (north facing) is a plaque those who have lost their lives as a result of enemy action in conflicts since the Second World War: as at 2015, this list numbers 7 names.
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COUNTY BOROUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH 1939 (coat of arms) 1945 THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN OF THIS BOROUGH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION AT HOME & ABROAD IN THE WORLD WAR ________ THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED BY HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF GREAT YARMOUTH ALDERMAN F. KRUBER, AND DEDICATED BY THE RT. REVEREND THE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH ON THE 12TH NOVEMBER 1949.

(Services) 548 names (Civilian) 171 names (Post-WW2) 7 names

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