WW1 Memorial - St.Mary and All Saints' Church, Creake Road, Sculthorpe, Norfolk. NR21 9NJ
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N 52° 51.067 E 000° 49.171
31U E 353173 N 5857936
An inscribed marble tablet in the porch of this medieval parish church.
Waymark Code: WMV55E
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/25/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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The church of St.Mary and All Saints' was almost entirely rebuilt in c.1846 but it retains the original north aisle and the C14th late medieval tower. The Decorated chancel is the work of Richard and James Brandon, with the south aisle by the more famous Thomas Jekyll, indulging himself in his enthusiasm for Early English.

This World War One Memorial to the fallen of the parish is on the west wall of the porch. The porch is immediately under the tower so can be dated to the C14th, one of the oldest parts of the church. The tablet is marble with an inscribed 'knot' border about 1.25m x 0.8m in size.

It reads;

 
                   OF EIGHTY-SIX SCULTHORPE MEN
                          WHO WENT FORTH
                  TO SERVE THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
                   IN THE GREAT WAR  1914 - 1919
                    THESE LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES

                   Bertie Masters    Mesopotamia
                   James Overment         France
                   George Antingham       France
                   Wilfred Rutland        France
                   William Clarke         France
                   Charles Dewing         France
                   Elijah Long            France
                   Stanley Jarvis         France
                   Ernest Groom         Flanders
                   Henry Mallet           At Sea

               WELL DONE! GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS
                ENTER YE INTO THE JOY OF YOUR LORD

The co-ordinates are for the south porch.

Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Sculthorpe Parochial Church Council

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Physical Address of Monument:
St.Mary and All Saints' Church
Creake Road
Sculthorpe, Norfolk UK
NR21 9NJ


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