Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Norwich
Town
Norwich
County
Norfolk
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Korean War (1950-1953)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
20115

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Current location

Outside Morgan House on LHS accessible by walkway
Morgan House
Rouen Rd
Norwich
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 1QQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TG 23410 08250
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Pockthorpe Brewey (Demolished)
    Norwich
    Norwich
    Norfolk
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
Two grey/white granite tablets with broad rough-hewn carved borders. The polished central areas bear the inscriptions in black lead lettering. The smaller tablet commemorates WW2 deaths with a single Korean War casualty on an added section below
Inscription
WW1 tablet : IN REMEMBRANCE/ (Names)/ 1914-1918 WW2/Korean War tablet: IN REMEMBRANCE/ (WW2 names)/ 1939-1945/(name) Korea 1952
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Branch, E
Britcher, F
Chambers, E
Cooper, C R
Crooks, A
Crooks, W
Daniels, C
Edwards, H R
Firth, J
Halfacre, J
See details for all 32 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 28
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 28
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initial, surname
    Order of information: Surname
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Initial, surname
    Order of information: Surname
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: height 31.2 mm, width 24 mm
    Materials: Granite
  • Lettering
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Lead
Listing information
Condition
History
By 2013: Tablets set in a red brick wall outside the newly-built Morgan House. Early 2003: Wall was demolished and seat removed. Tablets put into storage. 1993: Tablets set into a blue brick wall each side of Morgan's Brewery memorial (IWM-WMA 20116) above a metal seat.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Corporate
Details: Steward And Patteson Brewery
Reference
  • A Century of British Brewers plus plus 1890-2012 by Norman Barber, Mike Brown and Ken Smith p.113 Published:Longfield Brewery History Society 2012 Longfield, Kent The brewery was acquired by Watney Mann in 1963. Brewing ceased Jan. 1970. In 1974 the chimney was demolished and the site cleared.
  • Eastern Daily Press 23 May 1974 Photo of Barrack St entrance to brewery with tablets either side of entrance in 1963.
  • Roll of Honour www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/NorwichBreweries.html

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