Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk - Vicar Street - Wymondham, Norfolk
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N 52° 34.347 E 001° 06.574
31U E 371888 N 5826389
Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk, Town Green, Vicar Street, Wymondham.
Waymark Code: WMYF8G
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/09/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial obelisk on an elaborate plinth with pilastre on each corner. Octagonal three stepped base cross on 6 o'clock face, with wreaths on each face. There are scrolls at the foot of each corner and half way up the column.

Inscription -
(6 O'CLOCK)
IN HONOURED MEMORY
(NAMES) 1939 - 1945
(NAMES)

(3 O'CLOCK)
THE MEN OF WYMONDHAM
(NAMES) 1939 - 1945
(NAMES)

(12 O'CLOCK)
WHO FELL IN
(NAMES) 1939 - 1945
(NAMES)

(9 O'CLOCK)
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
(NAMES) 1939 - 1945
(NAMES)


Names on memorial -
Andrews, H
Balls, R W
Barker, C
Barnard, R
Barnes, F
Barnes, I J
Bartram, C Edward
Bartram, C Ernest
Bartram, T
Beales, J
Beales, J W
Bindley, R
Blazey, W A
Bray, E
Briggs, T
Brooks, E G
Brown, M
Brown, S R
Browne, E A
Browne, L G
Brummage, W
Bunn, Benjamin
Bunn, Bertie
Bunn, E
Bunn, E S
Bunn, F A
Bunn, J
Bunn, Reginald
Bunn, Robert
Bunn, W
Burton, F
Bush, W
Butler, F
Butler, G A
Butler, H
Carlyn, S
Carpenter, A
Carpenter, W
Chamberlain, B
Chamberlain, F
Childerhouse, J S
Chilvers, W
Clabburn, P
Claxton, E
Clements, T
Coldham, A
Cooke, A J
Cooke, G R
Cowles, W
Cross, D
Cross, J B
Daniels, C W
Doubleday, S
Dove, H
Dunham, D
Eastoll, F G
Edwards, E R
Elvin, B W
Elvin, G W
Elvin, John
Everett, H
Farrow, G
Ficking, T
Fordham, A
Forkes, A
Fulcher, A J
George, G
Goodings, V G
Heron, F G
High, C
Hood, F
Howard, H
Howes, A A
Howes, Harcourt
Howes, Harry
Howes, W
Howlett, E
Hughes, B M
Hutson, H
Jermyn, A
Jermyn, S W
Joyce, H
Kerridge, B E
Kerridge, E A
Kerridge, F R
Kett, G T
King, K
Lamb, E
Lamb, G
Leggett, H
Lloyd, A E
Lloyd, F W
Lloyd, G W
Mabbutt, E
Meale, H
Nicholls, J W
Oldfield, E
Ollett, J
Peacock, S J
Proctor, E
Proctor, J B
Proctor, W
Race, B
Rayner, M P
Read, E P
Reeve, E A
Rush, J
Saunders, A G
Saunders, J
Semmence, A
Sewell, C H
Sewell, R G
Shorten, W
Smith, C
Smith, Edwin J
Smith, Ernest J
Smith, R
Smith, R J
Spinks, E W
Spinks, J W
Spinks, R V
Spruce, H
Squires, F
Squires, G
Staples, W
Starling, W
Swatman, H
Swatman, S
Syder, W
Thirston, S
Thrower, C J
Thrower, E R
Tunaley, H
Walker, J
Warner, C G
Warner, T
Waterfield, W
Watson, J
Williamson, H G
Wodehouse, Honourable E
Wodehouse, Honourable P
Woodbine, G
Woodbine, J

See here - (visit link) - for more information about those named on the memorial.
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 07/24/1921

Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
War memorial
Vicar St
Wymondham, Norfolk England


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