Great Hockham

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Reference WMO/138086

Address:

Holy Trinity Churchyard

Great Hockham

Thetford

IP24 1NZ

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 Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Standing to the right just inside the entrance gate in to the churchyard. The memorial is a stone Latin cross, and is Grade II listed. The centre of the arms of the cross bear crossed rifles upon a wreath of laurels, and flanked by the dates 1914 and 1919. On the front column of the cross are the names of 17 men who lost their lives in WW1, followed by a further 5 who lost their lives in WW2. In each case the first name, and further initials and surname of given, followed by the date of death: they are listed in date order of their death. The cross sits upon a three-tiered base, which is upon a sqaure pavement and reached by a paved path.
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1914 1919 TO THE MEMORY OF (Followed by the list of names) 1939 - 1945 (Followed by the list of names) (On the base) EUROPEAN WAR THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVER.

(1914-1919) ABSOLOM SNOWLEY 14TH SEPT. 1914 HARRY BUNNETT 31ST OCT. 1914 LEONARD MATTHEWS 21SY JULY. 1915 GEORGE H. ELLIS 5TH OCT. 1915 ARTHUR OLDFIELD 30TH SEPT. 1916 REGINALD E. KERRIDGE 3RD NOV. 1916 EDWARD W. CHURCH 19TH APRIL 1917 SYDNEY A. MASON 19TH APRIL 1917 FREDERICK J. H. GATES 19TH APRIL 1917 THOMAS R. TEASEL 20TH SEPT. 1917 EDWARD C. BURLINGHAM 30TH OCT. 1917 JOHN C. BELL 30TH NOV. 1917 SIDNEY H. MATTHEWS 22ND MARCH 1918 GEORGE E. FROST 30TH MARCH 1918 GEORGE W. MATTHEWS 9TH AUG. 1918 THOMAS A. J. EDWARDS 15TH FEB. 1919 HORACE W. CHURCH 25TH FEB. 1919 (1939-1945) WILLIAM A. J. PIKE 29TH JUNE 1940 HARRY PARKER 4TH JUNE 1943 LEONARD A. HAWES 2ND DEC. 1943 GEORGE H. D. GRIMWOOD 5TH MARCH 1945 KENNETH A. SMITH 15TH JUNE 1947

Grade II (England)

1391208

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