Great Yarmouth WW1 Memorial

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Reference WMO/131813

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: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Obelisk on broad octagonal plinth bearing 23 name panels. Five stepped base. Cross of Sacrifice in high relief on each face of the obelisk. Bronze wreath on each face of the capstone. Unveiled 7th January 1922.
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(Around the base of the upper column) 1914-1918 THEY GAVE THEIR ALL 1914-1918 FOR GOD AND RIGHT 1914-1918 THEY HEARD THEIR COUNTRYS CALL 1914-1918 THESE NOBLEY PLAYED THEIR PART. (On base panel at the end of the alphabetical list) THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, WAS UNVEILED BY H.R.H.THE PRINCE HENRY AND DECICATED BY THE LORD BISHOP OF NORWICH ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1922 TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR.

23 panels carry 1,469 surnames and initials, in alphabetical order, of those who were lost in WW1.

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Grade II (England)

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