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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Wacton (Norfolk) |
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The War Memorial in All Saints' Churchyard, Wacton
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Outside the Church of All Saints, Wacton, is a simple War Memorial. This sits in the churchyard, and consists of a four-sided column on a square base. The memorial commemorates 10 names of men killed in the First World War.
Inside the Church of All Saints is a Roll of Honour, handwritten and framed. This Roll of Honour lists both those who served during the war, and commemorates those who lost their lives. 10 names are shown as having lost their lives, and it is assumed that these 10 names are the same as those commemorated on the memorial outside the church. As the names on the memorial are not clearly legible on the photograph, a comparison of the names shown on both the memorial and the Roll of Honour is tabulated below.
War Memorial Names |
Roll of Honour Names of those Who Died |
PERCY WOOLLERTON - HENRY FAVILL S HOLMES EDWARD JOHN DYE WILLIAM PIDGEON ALFRED PEACHER - - - EDGAR DYE |
EDWARD BROOKS EDWARD DYE EDGAR DYE EDGAR GOOSE HENRY FAVILL SCOTT HOLMES FREDERICK LINCOLN ERNEST LEGOOD WILLIAM PIDGEON ALFRED PEACHER PERCY WOLLERTON |
One soldier who served with the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on each memorial.
Private Alfred Peacher. 39478. 6th Battalion York and
Lancaster Regiment, formerly 28069 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 25 December
1916.
Born Whacton (Norfolk), Enlisted Malton (Yorks).
Buried PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY.
(The spelling "Whacton", above, is as shown in Soldiers Died in
the Great War)
The Roll of Honour in All Saints' Church, Wacton
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Photo © Copyright Simon
Knott
All
Saints' Church, Wacton
Photo © Copyright Evelyn
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