Combined War Memorial, St.Andrew the Apostle's Church, Holt, Norfolk.
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greysman
N 52° 54.380 E 001° 05.607
31U E 371780 N 5863552
A memorial, originally for WWI but added to over the years to include WWII, the Korean War, and the Northern Ireland Conflict.
Waymark Code: WMA97B
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/06/2010
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Set in a nich on the north wall of the north aisle, this memorial started out as being a memorial to those servicemen from Holt who were killed in the Great War. Since then there have been other conflicts and the victims of WWII have been commemorated, and one soldier killed from each of the Korean War and the Northern Ireland conflict.
The Great War memorial is a carved wooden panel with the shield of St.Andrew at the top. The panel is painted green with incised and gold painted names. Around all is a scarlet border with gold edging. The WWII names are carved on a marble slab set into the wall below the WWI panel. Below this is a second marble slab with the last two names thereon.
The Great War panel bears the following:
1914 ROLL OF HONOUR 1920
Alfred Anthony Benjamin Lake
Oliver Bennett Victor Lewis
Robert W.Beresford Charlie P Loades
William Betts Robert E.Loynes
Thomas Boast Joseph B.McMahon
Horace Bullock Walter Mann
Albert V.Bray Victor Mayes
Charles W.Bray Frank Mears
Albert Caston William Middleton
Alfred W.Caston Lewis S.Murrell
Frederick W.Chestney Wallace Murrell
Charles W.Clarke Archer B.Neal
Albert Cockaday William R.Neal
Ernest Cooper William Neal
Fred Cotts Robert E.Nichols
Thomas H.Cotts William D.Nichols
Charles E.Dack William G.Pells
Ernest Dack Herbert Pointer
Sidney Dack Sidney Preston
William R.Dix E.Bertie Riches
Joseph Dixon Horace Rudd
George Flood Harry Sharpin
James W.Graveling William Smith
Wallace Greengrass Vivian N.Smith
Frederick Grout Charles H.Steer
Ernest Guymer James Starling
Fred Herron Geoffrey Watson
Reginald Horne Albert Wakefield
William Houchen Frank Waller
Herbert Jenkinson Albert J.Waller
Richard Knights Robert White
John Knowles
GRANT THEM, O LORD, ETERNAL REST,
AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.
The WWII inscription is:
HOLT ROLL OF HONOUR
1939 - 1945
John Arnott George Hamilton Basil Spendlow
Patrick Arnott Geoffrey Hayden Wilfred Spendlow
Gerald Attew John Hobart Kenneth Swann
Duncan Barrett Stanley Holman Cyril Laberham
Robert Bird Oswald Kerridge Margaret Iris Thompson
Michali Bond Clifford Knights John Vann
Ronald Bond Hedley Loades Patrick Watthes
Roy Bunkill Percy H.Loynes Leonard Williamson
John Cuthbert Frederick Partridge Kenneth Winn
John W.Dew Robert J.Smith Sidney Woodhouse
Ronald Hall Bert Woodrow
The final panel is:
Edward Farrow - Korea 1952
Simon Ware - N-Ireland 1991
There is a memorial window in the east wall of the north aisle adjacent to the 'Roll of Honour'. There are images of, from left to right, St.George, Martyr, St.Mary and the Infant Jesus, St.Martin of Toors. It has a small dedication inscription at its bottom right corner...
Giving thanks to God
for the honoured memory of
the gallant men of this town
whose names are inscribed
in a tablet near by.
On whose souls may
God have mercy for
Jesus Christ's sake. Amen.
...and within the design two verses from scripture:
A people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places. Judges 5:18
and,
Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children. Joel 1:3