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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Great Yarmouth
- Town
- Great Yarmouth
- County
- Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War - civilians
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 March 2017
Attended by: Reverend Nick Greef (Police Chaplain) conducted the service; attendees also included the Mayor of Great Yarmouth
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 87184
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Current location
Great Yarmouth Police Station
Howard Street North
Great Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 1PF
England
OS Grid Ref: TG 52303 07794
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular acrylic plaque on a wooden backboard.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF/ GREAT YARMOUTH BOROUGH POLICE WAR RESERVE OFFICERS/ AND SPECIAL CONSTABULARY OFFICERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brown, George William
Cussock, John
Davy, Herbert Cecil
Harrison, William John
Parmenter, Cecil
Rudd, Harry William
Smowton, Percy James
Wallace, Frederick George
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- Second World War - civilians
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Police rank, forenames, surname, police branch, date of death
Order of information: Grouped alphabetically by date of death
- Second World War - civilians
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 200mm, width 300mm
Materials: Synthetic Material - Backboard
Measurements: height 210mm, width 320mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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 - Responsibility
- Norfolk Constabulary
- Reference
- War Memorials Online www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/290782/
- Great Yarmouth Mercury 28th and 29th March 2017 reported the unveiling of the plaque
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