WW1 Memorial - St.Mary and All Saints' Church, Creake Road, Sculthorpe, Norfolk. NR21 9NJ
Posted by: greysman
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
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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.