
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Breckland
- Town
- Yaxham
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 21 September 1919
Attended by: Bishop of Thetford
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19884
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Current location
ST PETER'S CHURCH
Church Lane
Yaxham
Breckland
Norfolk
NR19 1RQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 006 107
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE CALVARY SURMOUNTS TAPERING HEXAGONAL COLUMN. COLUMN STANDS ATOP SQUARE STONE BASE WHICH BEARS INSCRIPTION. PLINTH SURMOUNTS THREE-STEPPED HEXAGONAL STONE BASE.
- Inscription
- A THANKOFFERING/ FOR VICTORY/ AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE BRAVE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/ (NAMES)/ ALSO OF/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Curson, Bertie T
Curson, Walter H
Eke, William
Kent, David
Meachen, Ernest A
Meachen, James W
Shickle, Louis
Taylor, Ernest W
Vincent, Frederick
Woodrow, Arthur
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Crucifix
Measurements: depth C 2700MM, height C 4800MM, width C 2700MM
Materials: Stone
- Crucifix
- Listing information
- Yaxham 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
- Yaxham War Memorial
- WMO ID: 235249
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 08-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £154
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- "Yaxham War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1464650. Accessed 3 August 2024.
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