Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Great Yarmouth
- Town
- Burgh Castle, Norwich
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22nd November 1953
Attended by: FM Lord Ironside GCB CMG DSO
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19889
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Current location
St Peter and St Paul Church
Church Road
Burgh Castle
Norwich
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 9QG
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 47647 04977
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular, black wooden plaque with lettering incised and painted white.
- Inscription
- 1939 - 1945 / IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF / THE MEN OF BURGH CASTLE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / KING AND COUNTRY IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / Royal Navy / (NAMES) / Army / (NAMES) / Royal Air Force / (NAME) / Merchant Navy / (NAME) //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: regiment,forename
Order of information: regiment
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Second World War memorial
Measurements: depth 50MM, height 730MM, width 650MM
Materials: Wood
- Second World War memorial
- 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
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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