Swaffham - WW2

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Reference WMO/170098

Address:

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

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: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Within a recess to the right hand (south) side of the nave, to the right hand side of the WW1 memorial and memorial window.A granite panel inset into the wall, with a cornice above bearing the general commemoration. Upon it are listed the names of 25 men who fell during WW2, listed alphabetically by surname, giving unit, date and theatre of death, similar to the WW1 memorial.
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IN HONOUR AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF 25 MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945.

ROBERT G. BARKER, 65 ANTI-TANK R.A. 16. JUNE 1941. HALFAYA. THOMAS BLOCKWELL, ROYAL NORFOLKS 22. JUNE 1942. BURMA. GEORGE CHAMBERLAIN, ROYAL ARTILLERY 2. DEC. 1941. LIBYA. JAMES R. T. CARTER, TANK CORPS 1. JULY 1942. EGYPT. MAURICE G. DICKERSON, ROYAL NORFOLKS 27. JAN. 1942. MALAYA. HAROLD G. ETHERIDGE, R.A.S.C. 25. NOV. 1944. HOLLAND. WILLIAM GOODYER, NORK. YEOMANRY R.A. 13. JUNE 1941. EGYPT. WILLIAM M. HERBERT, ROYAL ARTILLERY 29. NOV. 1941. EGYPT. RONALD G. IVES, 65 ANTI-TANK R.A. 21. DEC. 1941. TOBRUK. DENNIS JONES, KING'S REGT. 20 MAY 1944. BURMA. REGINALD W. LAKE, ROYAL NORFOLKS 23. JUNE 1840. BELGIUM. HENRY W. LAMBERT, ROYAL NORFOLKS 13. JAN. 1942. SINGAPORE. GUY MONK, R.A.F. 2. JAN. 1944. BRUNSWICK. ALBERT E. NASON, R.N. H.M.S. ESKIMO. 12. JULY 1943. SICILY. CHARLES A. OXBURY, ROYAL NORFOLKS 21. JAN. 1942. MALAYA. FRANCIS J. PERKINS, SOMERSET LIGHT INF. 24. APRIL 1945. BREMEN. HERBERT ROWE, R.A.F. 2. OCT. 1942. DENMARK. JACK W. H. REEVE, ROYAL NORFOLKS 28 SEP. 1943. THAILAND. THOMAS K. STIBBON. ROYAL SUSSEX 4 FEB. 1944. HAIFA. CECIL E. SEAGO, ROYAL NORFOLKS 23 JAN. 1942. MALAYA. JAMES C. TUFTS, R.N. H.M.S. GALATEA 15. DEC. 1941. ALEXANDRIA. BASIL E. THOMPSON, PARACHUTE REGT. 25. SEP. 1944. ARNHEM. JACK WILSON, ROYAL ARTILLERY 14. SEP. 1943. THAILAND. JAMES F. WILSON, R.C. SIGNALS 3. JAN. 1945, THAILAND. RONALD L. YOUNG, R.A.F. 19. APRIL 1945. GERMANY. (Note: these men are also commemorated on the town war memorial in the Market Square.)

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