Necton War Memorial

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Reference WMO/215772

Address:

All Saints Churchyard Extension

Tuns Road

Necton

Swaffham

PE37 8HE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: In the churchyard extension, across the road from the church entrance.At the end of a path, a solid granite, slightly tapered obelisk of rough hewn design, standing upon a similar square plinth, upon a single tier base. The base of the column bears the basic WW1 commemoration, below which on the front face of the plinth is the general commemoration, below which are the names of 20 men (with 2 officers at the head and the remainder in 2 columns) who fell in WW1. These are arranged alphabetically order by surname, with first names, ranks, and one with a decoration. Below these names have been added the dates for WW1 and a further 3 names.
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(On the column) 1914/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ 1918 (On the plinth) IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF NECTON/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAR WAR 1914-1918. (Names) 1939 . 1945 (Names)

(WW1) CAPTAIN A. HUMFREY MASON/ 2ND LT. RALPH STEAD/ PTE. MARTIN BELL/ ' GEORGE BLOWERS/ ' GEORGE BROCK/ ' ESBEN CLARK/ ' JOHN WILLIAM CLARK/ ' CHARLES COLLINSON D.C.M./ ' SIDNEY DAINES/ ' FREDERICK GREEN/ ' GEORGE GREEN/ CPL. HERBERT HUBBARD/ PTE. WILLIAM HUBBARD/ ' GERALD MAKINS/ ' ARTHUR MITCHELL/ L/CPL. RALPH NELSON/ GNR. WILLIAM HENRY PALMER/ PTE. ROBERT SYMONDS/ GNR. LEWIS TASH/ SERGT. EDWIN WALKER (WW2) SERGT. H. ASHMAN/ PTE. HARRY JARVIS/ ' ROBERT H. SHINN.

Grade II (England)

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