Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Babergh
- Town
- Nayland
- County
- Suffolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 77247
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Current location
St. James Church
Church Lane
Nayland
Babergh
Suffolk
CO6 4JE
England
OS Grid Ref: TL97558 34224
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White marble tablet on black marble backing board
- Inscription
- In Loving Memory of/ALFRED EDWARD NORFOLK/RIFLEMAN 12th LONDON REGT., (THE RANGERS)/YOUNGEST AND DEARLY BELOVED SON OF/WILLIAM AND ELLEN NORFOLK,/OF THIS PARISH,/WHO DIED IN FRANCE ON MAY 24th 1915,/FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT 2ND BATTLE OF YPRES/ON MAY 8TH 1915, AGED 26 YEARS./GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS./St.JOHN XV,13.//
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Norfolk, Alfred Edward
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, rank, regiment, date of death
Order of information: as above
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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
- Alfred Edward Norfolk
- WMO ID: 259888
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PCC
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