Fincham War Memorial

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Reference WMO/83149

Address:

St Martin's Churchyard

High Street

Fincham

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A Latin Cross atop a four-sided, apexed column, upon a two-stepped stone plinth, standing within a gravel square, guarded by metal corner posts and linked chain.The front (south) face bears the general commemoration for WW1, with 23 names listed on the east and west faces. The names are listed in order of date of death, with first name, surname, place of death and date of death. On the reverse (north) face are the names of 5 men who died in WW2. These list just first name and surname in alphabetical order. Back side is commemorating WWII, leading much darker and clearer than that for WWI.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD, / AND IN AFFECTIONATE AND / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH, / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR, / 1914-1918. (Reverse) 1939-1945 / (Names)

(WW1 - East face) SIDNEY BACON, / KILLED AT KEMMEL 19.DEC.1914 / ISAAC SCULPHER, / WOUNDED AT LA BASEE / DIED AS PRISONER 26.JAN.1915 / ALBERT BLY, / DIED AT ETAPLES 16.JULY.1915 / ROBERT SECKER, DROWNED / IN 'ROYAL EDWARD' 13.AUG.1915 / JOTHAM BYWATER, / KILLED AT LOOS 26.SEP.1915 / CHARLES WILDING, ACCIDL / KILLED NEAR ALBERT 5.DEC.1915 / JACK LAWS, WOUNDED / AT PLOEGSTEERT 15.JAN.1916 / THOMAS UTTING, / DIED IN ENGLAND 10.APL.1916 / JOHN JOHNSON, / KILLED NEAR ALBERT 13.JULY.1916 / REGINALD BELLHAM, / KILLED NEAR THE SOMME 16.JULY.1916 / HARRY JUDE, MISSING / NEAR THE SOMME 5.SEP.1916 (West face) BENJAMIN BARKER, KILLED NEAR ALBERT 17.FEB.1917 / BERT SCULPHER, / DIED IN ITALY 18.JULY.1917 / BERT BELL, / KILLED NEAR ARRAS 22.JULY.1917 / ERNEST LANKFER, / KILLED NEAR DIXMUDE 26.OCT.1917 / ARTHUR ELLIOT, WOUNDED NEAR YPRES 9.NOV.1917 / WILLIAM CRANE, / DIED IN ENGLAND 13.MAR.1918 / RALPH BACON, / KILLED NEAR BAPAUME 21.MAR.1918 / PERCY BACON, KILLED NEAR YPRES 21.MAR.1918 / GEORGE NELSON, / KILLED NEAR SALONIKA 15.APR.1918 / FRED UPSHAW, / KILLED NEAR RHEIMS 20.JULY.1918 / ARTHUR CATER, DIED AS / PRISONER IN GERMANY 28.JULY.1918 / GEORGE HARVEY, / DIED AT CALAIS 9.NOV.1918 (WW- Rear face) ALFRED BACON / JAMES CAMERON / DOUGLAS DREW / ALAN LAMBERT / HUGH MASON

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