Kilverstone WW1 Memorial

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Reference WMO/137257

Address:

Kilverstone

Thetford

IP24 2RL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Water fountain
Materials:
  • Brick Brick
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Marble
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Standing on the north side of the road, opposite the driveway to St. Andrew's Church.Commissioned by Lord Fisher of Kilverstone Hall. An Art Nouveau well-head of a square formed structure, the roof of pyramidal shape, surmounted by a metal egg-shaped device upon a short stand. The roof tiles are of wood, surrounded by metal guttering, which includes a water spout in the form of a fish mouth on the front face, enabling the water to fall into the trough below. The front face includes two marble tablets, the upper rectangular one bearing a sentance of prose, the lower one bearing the general commemoration and, listed by theatre of war, the names of 9 men who died in WW1. No ranks or units are listed. Below the memorial stone is a pentagonal trough with concrete platform, bisected by a water channel, and bordered by a deeper trough. Below, the outer wall contains an arch. All four walls of the memorial are arched and are adorned with edge-on tiles, the two side walls being recessed and containing a wooden bench seat. On the rear wall the arch extends to the floor and the internal void accessed by two metal gates, and reached by three steps.
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'THE GRIEF THAT LINGERS, AND THE PRIDE THAT BURNS, ALL THAT LOVE MEANS AND HONOUR CAN EXPRESS.' THERE.IS.SOME.CORNER.OF.A.FOREIGN.FIELD THAT.IS.FOR.EVER.ENGLAND 1914. 1918. (Names) WHO.FELL.IN.THE.GREAT.WAR

FRANCE. DUNCAN.C.GRAHAM., WILLIAM.E.GODDARD., ARTHUR.H.HATTON., JAMES.MAUND., PERCY.A.MEADOWS., ARTHUR.H.THIRTLE., ALFRED.C.VINCENT. MESOPOTAMIA. GEORGE.VINCENT., SALONIKA. CHARLES.T.GODDARD.

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