
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Kings Lynn And West Norfolk
- Town
- Fring
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19793
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Current location
Immediately on the right hand side of teh road after turning into Docking Road
Bircham Road
Fring
Kings Lynn And West Norfolk
Norfolk
PE31 6SQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 73686 34735
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A rough hewn Celtic wheel cross surmounting a tapering plinth with a sword point down on the front.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dusgate, Richard Edmund
Farthing, Norman
Meek, Herbert
Spooner, Clarence
Steward, Albert
Wright, Charles
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 640MM, height 2500MM, width 770MM
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: depth 920MM, width 107MM
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Fring War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Fring War Memorial
- WMO ID: 164923
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 30-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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