Far East Prisoner Of War Memorial Church

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Reference WMO/150716

Address:

Our Lady & St Thomas of Canterbury

1, Norwich Road

Wymondham

NR18 0QE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Chapel/church
Materials:
  • Brick Brick
  • Unknown Unknown
Lettering: No lettering
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Entire church built as a memorial with associated tablet and FEPOW window bearing the FEPOW Association badge. Built in 1951 by Father Michael Cowin, a former FEPOW, to fulfil a pleedge he made whilke a prisoner to build a church if he survived. See the web site: http://www.fepow-memorial.org.uk/The_Memorial_Church.htm This is dedicated to the memory of the POWs involved in the conflict in the Far East of WW2.
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THIS CHURCH IS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO DIED IN THE JAPANESE/ PRISONER OF WAR AND INTERNMENT CAMPS/ DURING THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ REQUIESCANT IN PACE See website for history, names, etc.: http://www.fepow-memorial.org.uk/The_Memorial_Church.htm

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