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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Breckland
- Town
- Sparham
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19870
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Sparham
Breckland
Norfolk
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 071 196
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE SHIELD AT TOP CENTRE, PROBABLY THAT OF THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK. CROSS SHOWN UNDER NAMES.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THESE MEN OF SPARHAM/ WHO IN SERVING KING AND COUNTRY GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ "WHEN THE PEOPLE WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES" SONG OF DEBORAH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Catton, Frederick
Hayward, Seaman
Pallant, Herbert
Rayner, Reginald
Watling, John
Wilson, Edward
Woodhouse, Ferderick
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 560MM, width 680MM
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Sparham WW1 Plaque
- WMO ID: 212415
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-08-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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