Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Animal figure
- District
- Great Yarmouth
- Town
- West Somerton
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19911
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Current location
Junction of Church Road and B1152
Junction of Church Lane and Winterton Road
West Somerton
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR29 4DP
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 47343 19711
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sleeping lion atop a tall plain octagonal plinth and a high stepped base.
- Inscription
- Front face: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / EAST AND WEST SOMERTON / WHO FOUGHT IN THE GREAT / WAR FOR LIBERTY 1914 - 1919 / THE FOLLOWING GAVE THEIR LIVES / (Names) / "WHO WOULD TRUE VALOUR SEE / LET HIM COME HITHER" // Side face: IN THE / 1939 - 1945 / WAR / (Name) / MADE THE / SUPREME / SACRIFICE / (Name) //
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Chapman, G
Hacon, H
Hudson, H
Jetten, F
Kitchin, A
Knights, E
Knights, W
Mitchell, C
Norfor, G
Sadler, F
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initial, surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initial, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: depth 1800MM, height 2400MM, width 1800MM
Materials: Stone
- Memorial
- Listing information
- West Somerton 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
- East and West Somerton
- WMO ID: 259310
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 22-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- "West Somerton War Memorial." Historic England, historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1465461. Accessed 5 August 2024.
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