Hilgay Combined War Memorial -Norfolk
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A combined War Memorial In the Village of Hilgay in Norfolk,The faded inscriptions have been replaced with new marble plaques.
Waymark Code: WMCDZ1
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/26/2011
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dedication:
THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF
HILGAY WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES FOR KING AND
COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919
HILGAY WAR MEMORIAL (
At junction of Church Road and High Street)
On the west side :
This cross was erected in honour of the men of Hilgay who gave their lives for their King and Country in the Great War 1914 – 1919
On the south side:
J W (John) ANDERSON / R ANDERSON/ J W (John) BLAND/ E BOSWORTH/ E R (Ernest) BURTON/ W (William) BURTON/ G H (George) CARNELL/ W A (William) CARNELL/ W F (Walter) CARNELL/ C C CLEMENTS/ F H (Frederick) CLEMENTS/ J W A COCKERTON/ J H (James) CRANE
On the east side:
G S (George) DEARSLEY/ T G (Thomas) DENT/ C W (Charles) EAGLE/ P R EVERITT/ C (Charles) GREEN/ B (Bertie) HALL/ J T (John) HARNWELL/ S L (Sidney) HARNWELL/ W H (William) HARNWELL/ A H (Albert) HOLMAN/ F H (Frank) HOLMAN/ J W HOLMAN
On the north side
W B (Walter) HOLMAN/ A (Albert) HORTON/ F E (Francis) LEVITA/ A (Alfred) MARSH/ L MAUDE/ W MILLER/ E (Ernest) ROLFE/ W (William) ROLFE/ W (William) RUST/ M G (Michael) STOCKS/ J (Jabez) STOKES/ A STOCKINGS/ W TUDDENHAM
On the base of west side 1939-45
P H (Philip) BUSHELL / T (Thomas) BETTS/ W P CLIFTON/ W H GILL/ A (Alfred) HOWLETT/ O (Oliver) HOWLETT/ Mrs L E E POULTON (nee REEVE)/ D W (Donald) SPARROW
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 01/01/1920
Private or Public Monument?: Government
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Authority
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
Hilgay
church road
Hilgay, Norfolk United Kingdom
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