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Swaffham - WW1

  • Swaffham WW1 Tablets - Taken by Craig Howard 23 Jan 2012

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  • Swaffham War Memorial - WW1 SS Peter and Paul Church - Taken by Nick_2 03 Feb 2014

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  • Swaffham War Memorial - WW1 Panel 1 SS Peter and Paul Church - Taken by Nick_2 03 Feb 2014

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  • Swaffham WW1 SGW, date of photo estimated - Taken by © Julia Fuller (WMR-56337) 02 Jan 2019

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Reference WMO/170058

Address:

St Peter and St Paul Church

off Market Square

Swaffham

PE37 7DU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Four-light stained glass window with figures in each light. Dedicatory tablet placed below with names in four columns. Minor lights of the window showing the Arms of ten Allied Countries. Left major light depicts St George and an action at Zeebrugge on St Georges Day when Leading Seaman Evans of Swaffham blew up a block ship. Next major light shows Joshua, Conquerer of the Holy Land, and General Allenby's entry into Jerusalem. Third light shows St Michael, and Gunner Betts of Royal Horse Artillery being assisted by Gunner Hudson of Swaffham at Battle of Mons. Extreme right major light depicts Virgin Mary and the Ministry of Women in a Red Cross Hospital. Original WMO compiler - "Within the church, in a recess on the right hand (south) side of the nave,below a stained glass window also dedicated to the fallen of WW1.Four granite tablets within a granite frame, listing a total of 91 names of fallen men from WW1, each of the first three tablets listing 23 names, and the fourth 2 names: the names listed alphabetically by surname (except for one late addition at the end), giving unit and in most cases, date and theatre of death."
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN UNDYING MEMORY OF 90 SWAFFHAM MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1918 THIS TABLET IS BY THE INHABITANTS DEDICATED AND THE WINDOW ABOVE ADORNED.

(Panel 1) EDWIN ALCOCK, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY 3 OCT. 1917, EGYPT. SIDNEY ALCOCK, R. INNISKILLING FUS, 16 AUG. 1917, YPRES. ERNEST ANCELL, 1 NORFOLKS, 1 JULY 1916, FRANCE. PERCY E. BARKER, R. WEST KENTS, 6 OCT. 1916, FRANCE. STANLEY BEAN, 9 NORFOLKS, 3 APRIL 1917, FRANCE. ALFRED A. BLOOM, ARMY SERVICE CORPS, 24 OCT.1918, FRANCE. HERBERT BLOYE, NORFOLKS, 23 APRIL 1917, FRANCE. EDWARD BRANCH, R.F.A., 27 OCT. 1918, MESOPOTAMIA. CHARLES F. BREWSTER, 10 LINCOLNS, 21 OCT. 1917, FRANCE. BERTIE BRIGHTWELL, 96 MACHINE GUN CORPS, 3 JULY 1916, FRANCE. GEORGE BROUGHTON, 150 MACHINE GUN CORPS, 8 OCT. 1918, FRANCE. CHRISTOPHER P. BUCK, NORTHUMBD FUS., 27 MAR. 1917, FRANCE. WILLIAM BULLARD, 1 LONDON R. FUS., 15 SEPT. 1916, FRANCE. DONALD M. BUNTING, 21 ROYAL FUS., 24 NOV. 1915, FRANCE. KARL BANHAM, H.M.S. ACTAEON, 19 FEB. 1919. ERNEST CALVER, ROYAL SUSSEX, 21 OCT. 1916, FRANCE. CLIFFORD B. CHRISTOPHERSON, 5 NFKS, 28 AUG. 1915, GALLIPOLI. WILLIAM C. CHAMBERLAIN, GRENADIER GDS, 3 NOV. 1914, FRANCE. CHARLES COPSEY, 6 DRAGOON GUARDS, 26 MAR. 1918, FRANCE. STANLEY DAWSON, 1 RIFLE BRIGADE, 1 NOV. 1918, FRANCE. FRED DIAPER, YORKS. ALEXANDER DRAKE, R.F.A., 30 SEPT. 1918, FRANCE. PERCY EVERITT, 6 ROYAL FUS., 26 FEB. 1916, FRANCE. (Panel 2) ROBERT FOUNTAIN, 2 NORFOLKS, 15 APRIL 1915, MESOPOTAMIA. GEORGE FULLER, 1 ROYAL FUSILIERS, 31 JULY, 1917, FRANCE. H. THOMAS FRANKLIN, 5 NORFOLKS, 28 AUG. 1915, GALLIPOLI. ERNEST GOUT, 1 NORFOLKS, 12 JULY 1915, FRANCE. ROBERT GUYMER, KING'S HUSSARS, 2 OCT. 1915. WILLIAM S. HEYHOE, 9 NORFOLKS, 15 SEPT. 1916, FRANCE. FRANK HOWARD, 5 NORFOLKS, 25 APRIL 1917, GAZA. WILLIAM HOWARD, 2 ESSEX, 28 MARCH 1918, FRANCE. CHARLES HORSLEY, 1 NORFOLKS, 10 JULY 1917, FRANCE. ARTHUR G. HUDSON, LANCS FUS., 25 OCT. 1918, DEVONPORT. CECIL R. HUDSON, R. FUS (CITY OF LONDON), 26 OCT. 1917, BELGIUM. WILLIAM JOHNSON, 2 NORFOLKS, 3 DEC. 1916, AFION, KARAHISSAR. JACK KEMBERY, RIFLE BRIGADE, 26 FEB. 1917, FRANCE. GEORGE LAKE, RIFLE BRIGADE, 20 SEPT, 1917, BELGIUM. HERBERT LINFORD, NORFOLKS. GEORGE LONG, 7 LINCOLNS, 13 JULY 1916, FRANCE. JAMES LUSHER, ESSEX REGT, 19 APRIL 1917, FRANCE. WILLIAM MANNING, 5 NORFOLKS, 28 AUG. 1915, GALLIPOLI. JOHN MEDLOCK, HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY, 7 FEB. 1916, FRANCE. JOHN H. MORLEY, 9 NORFOLKS, 5 JULY 1918, GERMANY. JOHN NEALE, 2/5 NORFOLKS, S7 SEPT. 1918, FRANCE. HERBERT E. NICHOLS, R. ENGINEERS, 26 JUNE 1916, FRANCE. ROBERT NOKES, H.M.S. INDEFATIGABLE, 31 MAY 1916, JUTLAND. (Panel 3) EDGAR W. NELSON, SHERWOOD FORESTERS, 28 MAR. 1918, FRANCE. E. LAWRENCE OFFORD, BUFFS, 3 MAY 1917, FRANCE. GEORGE W. OXBOROUGH, NORFOLKS, 19 APRIL 1917, GAZA. SIDNEY PAPWORTH, 2 D. OF CORNWALL'S L.I., 14 MAR. 1915, FRANCE. GEORGE E. PARKER, 1 ESSEX, 12 OCT. 1916, FRANCE. MAURICE PEEK, 2 NORFOLKS, 22 APRIL 1917, MESOPOTAMIA. JOHN A. PHILO, 8 ROYAL FUSILIERS, 31 JULY 1916, FRANCE. CHARLES H. POWLEY, 1 ESSEX, 22 NOV. 1916, FRANCE. PHILIP C. PRESTON, NORFOLKS, 31 OCT. 1915, FRANCE. ERNEST PRECIOUS, NORFOLKS, 6 MAY 1915, FRANCE. ROBERT RASBARY, NORFOLKS, 1 JULY 1916, FRANCE. WALTER READ, NORFOLKS, 15 SEPT. 1915, FRANCE. WALTER RALLISON, R.G.ARTILLERY, 13 NOV. 1915, FRANCE. ALBERT RALLISON, OXFORD L. INF, 27 FEB. 1916, MESOPOTAMIA. JOHN W. REEVE, 12 EAST SURREYS, 14 MARCH 1918, FRANCE. GEORGE REGESTER, RIFLE BRIGADE, 23 FEB. 1918, SOUTHAMPTON. WILLIAM REGESTER, CITY OF LONDON RIFLES, 6 JULY 1917, FRANCE. LESLIE J. RICHARDSON, CIVIL SERVICE RIFLES, 15 SEPT. 1916, FRANCE. A. RAYMOND N. SMITH, 130 K.G.O. BALUCHIS, J.R., 10 JULY 1919, INDIA. CLIFFORD D. SMITH, NORFOLKS, 23 OCT. 1918, FRANCE. DONALD G. SMITH, ROYAL FUSILIERS, 18 OCT. 1916, FRANCE. JOSEPH SMITH, NORFOLKS, 9 MAY, 1917, FRANCE. ARTHUR SPENCER, ROYAL ENGINEERS, 19 DEC. 1916, FRANCE. (Panel 4) ROBERT W. SQUIRES, ROYAL FUS., 19 AUG. 1918, FRANCE. FRANK STERNE, MIDDLESEX REGT., 28 APRIL 1917, FRANCE. GEORGE STARLING, 2/5 LONDON REGT, 28 JULY 1918, FRANCE. HERBERT W. THOMPSON, 7 BEDFORDS, 16 NOV. 1916, FRANCE. HUBERT W. THOMPSON, 5 NORFOLKS, 20 APRIL 1917, GAZA. ALFRED THWAITES, 5 MIDDLESEX, 24 OCT. 1918, NORWICH. HERBERT TRUNDLE, R. MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY, OCT. 1918, FRANCE. ALBERT TURNER. JOHN WARNES, 8 EAST SURREYS, 12 OCT. 1917, FRANCE. WILLIAM WATTS, 1/5 NORFOLKS, 19 APRIL 1917, GAZA. EDWARD W. WARD, R. F. ARTILLERY, 24 OCT. 1918, FRANCE. WALTER WARD, 7 BEDFORDS, 16 NOV. 1916, FRANCE. ALBERT H. WARD, NORFOLKS, 10 MARCH 1917, FRANCE. C. REGINALD WEBSTER, 1/5 NORFOLKS, 10 MAY 1917, NAZARETH. REGINALD WEST, 8 NORFOLKS, 22 OCT. 1917, FRANCE. SIDNEY WEST, 10 LINCOLNS, 13 APRIL 1918, FRANCE. ERNEST WINTER, EAST YORKS, 4 NOV. 1917, FRANCE. ERNEST WOOD, MIDDLESEX REGT., 29 AUG. 1916, FRANCE. WALTER WRIGHT, SHROPSHIRE L. INF., 9 AUG. 1916, FRANCE. W. G. LEICESTER YOUNG, NORFOLKS, 7 FEB. 1917, FRANCE. ARTHUR YOUNGS, NORFOLKS, 1 JULY 1917, FRANCE. ROBERT J. A. DAVIS, 1 BED'S REGT., 13 OCT. 1914, FRANCE. (Notes: These men are also commemorated on the town's war memorial in the Market Square. The brothers, A. Raymond N. Smith; Clifford D. Smith; and Donald G. Smith are all also commemorated on a dedicated plaque at the front, right wall of the nave, and also on their father's gravestone in Swaffham Cemetery. George Regester lies buried in the churchyard. John Medlock; E. Lawrence Offord; Herbert W. Thompson; and Ernest Winter are all also commemorated on their respective father's gravestones in the churchyard. Frank Sterne; and Walter Ward are both also commemorated on family gravestones in Swaffham Cemetery. Alfred Thwaites lies buried in White Cross Road Methodist graveyard.)

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