FEPOW Memorial - The Village Pound, Pound Lane, Filby, Norfolk, UK
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N 52° 39.771 E 001° 39.328
31U E 409068 N 5835614
This FEPOW Memorial is located on the village pound area in Filby.
Waymark Code: WM8Y9G
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/30/2010
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This memorial displays the FEPOW badge which was previously shown in flowers before the stone was designed. The village sign is situated nearby together with other memorials and an information board on the village pound.
The plaque on the memorial reads:
' "To keep going the spirit that kept us going"
In memory of those who served in the Far East
in the 2nd World War and who suffered and died in
Japanese prison camps or later as a result of captivity
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM.'
The COFEPOW website describes the memorial unveiling:
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'FEPOW Memorial unveiled in Filby, Norfolk 19th July 2009
On Sunday 19th July 2009 a memorial to the Far East Prisoners of War was unveiled and dedicated in the village of Filby near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
The memorial, on Filby Village Pound, had been designed and made by villager Tom Green. The siting of the memorial and its surrounds were undertaken by the Filby in Bloom Committee.
In a short welcoming speech Filby in Bloom spokesman Adrian Thompson said that the memorial recognised the Far East mission of the 18th East Anglian Infantry Division which included men from the village in the 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions of the Royal Norfolk Regiment.
The unveiling was carried out by the Mayor of Great Yarmouth and FEPOW Bert Major. A short dedication service was then held led by COFEPOW member and lay preacher Mrs Pauline Simpson.'