Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Suffolk Coastal
- Town
- Parham
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 13 October 1948
Attended by:
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 5542
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Current location
St. Mary the Virgin Church
Parham
Suffolk Coastal
Suffolk
IP13 9AA
England
OS Grid Ref: TM 30947 60514
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Marble tablet with alabaster border. Ledge below contains a second tablet for WW2 names
- Inscription
- THANKS BE TO GOD FOR THE / HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN / OF PARHAM WHO DIED SERVING / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / ANNO DOMINI 1914-1918 / (NAMES) / TELL YE YOUR CHILDREN OF IT AND LET YOUR CHILDREN TELL THEIR CHILDREN. 1939-1945 / (NAME) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS ST JOHN XV 13.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Foster, William
Friend, William
Meadows, William
Nicholls, Albert
Norris, Charles
Roper, William
Shipley, Charles
Whiting, Ernest Percy
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 555 mm, width 375 mm
Materials: Marble - Red, Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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