Lieutenant Robert Provo Norris

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Waveney
Town: Kessingland
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Commemoration: Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 4969

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Current location

St. Edmund Church
Church Road
Kessingland
Waveney
Suffolk
NR33 7SQ
England

OS Grid Ref: TM 52785 86269
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Rectangular white marble on black marble

Inscription

SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ ROBERT PROVO NORRIS/ ELDEST SON OF THE VICAR, THE REV. D G NORRIS/ LATE A LIEUT IN HER MAJESTY'S 6TH OR ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE/ REGIMENT, WHO DIED OF A WOUND, ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER 1851/ RECEIVED WHILST GALLANTLY LEADING HIS COMPANY/ INTO ACTION AGAINST THE KAFFIRS, DURING/ THE WAR THEN GOING ON AT THE/ CAPE OF GOOD HOPE/ AGED 25 YEARS/

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Norris, Robert P.
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Commemorations

Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: height 914 mm, width 762 mm
Materials: Marble - White

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

PCC

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