Lieutenant J Black and Lieutenant T Aiken

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Memorial details

Memorial type

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: December 1944
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

8958

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Current location

On side of public footpath approximately 2 miles from B1074
Waddling Lane
Somerleyton
Waveney
Suffolk
NR32 5PQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 49315 96227
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Cross and Wreath above inscription

Inscription

NEAR THIS PLACE/ LT J BLACK USNAF PILOT/ AND/ LT T AIKEN USNAF NAV/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENCE/ OF THIS COUNTRY/ RETURNING FROM OPERATIONAL/ DUTIES ON NOV 14 1944/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS/ LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Inscription legible?

Names on memorial

Aiken, T
Black, J
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Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died, service,place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Memorial
Measurements: height 711 mm, width 457 mm
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Unknown

Reference

Account of unveiling: Suffolk Chronicle & Mercury 5 January 1945

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