"A Thankful Village" - St Michael - South Elmham St Michael, Suffolk
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A memorial plaque in St Michael's church, South Elmham St Michael, marking the parish as a "Thankful Village" in that no residents were killed during the world wars.
Waymark Code: WM11QVG
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/05/2019
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Thankful Villages (visit link) - "These were the parishes which lost none of their young men to the killing fields of the First World War. If you consider that there are coming on for 20,000 villages in England, and all but 31 of them lost somebody, you can see why they might be thankful. St Michael is the only one in Suffolk; there are only two in all East Anglia, the other being at Ovington in Norfolk."
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"St Michael South Elmham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. One of the Saints, in 2010 its population was 60.
With no residents killed during World War I, the village is one of two Thankful Village in Suffolk. It is also one of only fourteen doubly thankful villages in England, in that it lost no residents in World War II either."
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Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Those who served from South Elmham St Michael parish
Marker Text:
St Michael
South Elmham
1914 - 2014
"A Thankful Village"
Who Put it Here?: Not Known
Description of Memorial:
Slate plaque, simply inscribed with white lettering, on north aisle wall of church
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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