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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
North Norfolk
Town
Hickling
County
Norfolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 05th October 1921
    Attended by: DEAN OF NORWICH
  • Unveiled
    Date: 05th October 1921
    Attended by: DEAN OF NORWICH
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
20061

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Current location

North wall of the nave
St Marys Church
The Walk
Hickling
North Norfolk
Norfolk
NR12 0BQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TG 41499 24263
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Wall mounted Scicillian marble tablet mounted on a stone backkboard, flanked by Greek style columns and a pediment. Inscription incised and picked out in black.
Inscription
ihs/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 1919/ TO THE PRAISE OF GOD/ and in Memory of our Glorious Dead the Men/ who fell on Land and Sea/ (Names)/ "They were a wall unto us both by night and by/ day." 1 Saml. 25. 16.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Beales, Clarence O
Beckett, Harold O
Bell, Flowerday
Chapman, Hezekiah W
Chase, George R
Dack, George S
Defew, Frederick
Durrant, Charles
Durrant, Roland C
Dyball, Frederick
See details for all 26 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 26
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 26
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forenames, initials, rank, regiment, service, unit
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
  • Base
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
St Marys Church

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