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    Memorial

    Sotterley

    Overview of the memorial

    Source: Copyright Geoff Allan

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    Current Location

    Outside village cemetery., Sotterley War Memorial, Junction of Pound Road, Southwell Lane and The Run, Sotterley, Waveney, Suffolk, NR34 7TX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TM 45470 84391

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    © WMR-5024

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    5024
    Description
    Latin Cross on three-stepped base.
    Inscription
    Plinth side 1: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING AND GRATEFUL / MEMORY OF THESE WHOSE NAMES / ARE HEREON INSCRIBED WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / AND 1939-1945 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE // Plinth sides 2, 3 and 4: (15 NAMES) // Top step, side 1: (2 NAMES [WW2] )
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    Surname, year of death, regiment, forename, decorations
    Order of names
    Year of death, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    Surname, regiment, forename
    Order of names
    Surname
    Maker(s)
    • SIR CHARLES A NICHOLSON, Architect

    Maintenance History
    WW1 names hard to read

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    25 April 1920

    Relatives/Friends of the Fallen

    Dedicated

    25 April 1920

    Canon Markham ( Vicar of Grimsby)

    Custodian
    Parish Council

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 15 ft

    Width: 98" Base

    Depth: 98" Base


    Made from: Stone - Clipsham


    Condition: Good


    • East Anglian Daily Times 29 April 1920
    • Historic England listing: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1391196?section=official-list-entry Accessed 24/05/2022