Wormegay War Memorial

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Reference WMO/233204

Address:

Village Green

Castle Road

Wormegay

Norfolk

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Situated on the small green along Castle Road at the junction with Saxon Way. A Latin cross upon a slender column, on a square plinth, on a three-stepped base in a square pavement. The square is bounded by tall metal corner posts, connected by three links of chains.The front of the plinth bears the general commemoration for WW1, and on the left and right faces are 8 names (4 on each face) of men who fell in WW1. The names are in random order, possibly the date order of death, with rank, first name, surname and unit listed. On a separate tablet beneath the front of the plinth is the name of one man who fell in WW2. Listed Grade II, list entry 1457765.
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(Front face) HIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. (Rear face) THEIR NAME / LIVETH / FOR EVERMORE. (WW2) ALSO / 1939 - 1945

(WW1 - right face) PTE. EDWARD BOUGHEN. / NORFOLK REGT. / PTE. ROBERT S. BALLS. / ' ' / SAP. LEONARD HOWLING. / R.E. / RFM. HERBERT DREW. / LONDON REGT. (WW1 - left face) PTE. GEORGE BILLING. / NORTHUMBLD. FUSLRS. / ' EDWARD WILLIAMSON. / ESSEX REGT. / ' GEORGE BARRATT. / ROYAL FUSLRS. / ' WILLIAM F. ROWE. / QUEENS - ROYAL WEST SURREY / REGT. (WW2) PTE. GEORGE CLEMENTS / RYL. NORFOLK REGT.

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Grade II (England)

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1457765

1457765

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