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Reference WMO/72132

Address:

Market Place

Lynn Street

Swaffham

PE37 7AB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Portland stone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Post-1945 War or Conflict
About the memorial: A square cenotaph, comprising a lower broad plinth, surmounting a column upon which is a cross, the whole within a pavement surrounded by a metal fence.The front face of the memorial bears the general commemoration to the 90 men who gave their lives during WW1, their names inscribed on the other three faces, arranged alphabetically, listing surname followed by first name and any other initials. No rank or unit details are given. On the front face of the upper column are listed the names of the 25 men who gave their lives during WW2. On the left base is an additional memorial to the fallen of East Anglia from 1945 to the present, whilst on the opposite face is an additional memorial to the Swaffham and District Far East Prisoners of War 1942-45.
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Side 1 lower tablet: TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE/ 90/ SWAFFHAM MEN/ WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-18/ ERECTED BY/ THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN Side 1 upper tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (Names) Sides 2, 3 and 4 tablets: (Names) Side 2 base tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN OF/ EAST ANGLIA/ 1945 - TO PRESENT DAY/ LEST WE FORGET Side 4 base tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ THE SWAFFHAM/ AND DISTRICT/ FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR/ 1941 - 1945/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM/ 2011

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Grade II (England)

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1466754

1466754

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Swaffham Town Council

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