Corton Village

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Other memorial
District: Waveney
Town: Corton
County: Suffolk
Country: England
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 73108

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Current location

Next to Village Hall
Corton
Waveney
Suffolk
NR32 1UL
England

OS Grid Ref: TM55227 94302
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Two brass plaques on wooden backing boards mounted on upright of Village Sign

Inscription

Top Plaque: Anchor at top. IN MEMORY OF/LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROY EDWARDS D.S.O. R.N. 39 Yrs/AND/ENSIGN JOHN HOWARD UNITED STATED NAVY 24 Yrs/WHO WERE KILLED/ON 11th JUNE 1942/WHILST DEFUSING A MAGNETIC MINE ON/CORTON BEACH/LEST WE FORGET// Lower Plaque: LEST WE FORGET/IN MEMORY OF THOSE CORTON PERSONNELL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN/TWO WORLD WARS/WORLD WAR 1/SAILORS/(Names)/FISHERMEN/(Names)/Soldiers/(Names)WORLD WAR II/Sailors/(Names)/Soldiers/(Names)/Airmen/(Names)/ALSO FOR ALL WHO GAVE THEIR/LIVES FOR US IN ANY ACT OF WAR/THANK YOU REST IN PEACE/GOD BLESS//

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Ayers, Francis B
Ayers, William B
Bacon, William
Blake, Arthur W
Boon, Birkwood G
Bullen, Frank H
Buttifant, Robert C
Davies, Kenneth G
Edwards, Roy
Fox, Stanley J
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Components

Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Corton Parish Council

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