Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Clock or clock tower
- District
- South Norfolk
- Town
- Shelfanger
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 20160
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Walk
Shelfanger
South Norfolk
Norfolk
IP22 2DU
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 10726 83660
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Clock with dedicatory tablet bearing etched Cross and Crown above inscription, at the base of the Church Tower.
- Inscription
- THE ABOVE CLOCK/ WAS GIVEN BY THE INHABITANTS OF SHELFANGER/ AND FRIENDS IN THE YEAR 1919 TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bond, Spencer Henry
Bowen, Frederick Charles
Fulcher, Frederick
Huggins, Arthur George
Page, William
Rout, Christopher William
Shulver, Alexander Charles
Ward, Edward Last
Welton, William Sidney
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 1100MM, width 700MM
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Shelfanger WW1 Clock
- WMO ID: 197968
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 25-02-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- PARISH COUNCIL AND CHUCHWARDENS
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