Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Shrine
- District
- North Norfolk
- Town
- Lessingham
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 65160
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Current location
St Andrews Church
Church Lane
Lessingham
North Norfolk
Norfolk
NR12 0SH
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 403 284
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden shrine with crucifix below a pitched roof and carved wooden pillars each side. Centrally is a roll of honour with the Allied flags at the top and names below.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ FOR/ GOD KING AND COUNTRY/ Hempstead & Lessington cum Eccles/ In Memorium/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Clements, Alec Claude
Cutting, Walter John
Dyball, John Edward
Kendall, Locke F W
Platford, James
Wilkins, Ernest
Wilkins, Robert John
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Shrine
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Paper
- Shrine
- 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
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