Memorial

Foxley - WW1 and WW2

Foxley

Source: Stuart Banham

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Current Location

Foxley War Memorial, Old Fakenham Road, Foxley, Breckland, Norfolk, NR20 4QJ, England

TG 03631 21843

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 19792
Description: Stone obelisk surmounting a tapering rectangular sectioned stone plinth and two-stepped stone base. The dedications are incised on two faces of the plinth and front upper step face. The whole memorial is set within a metal-railed enclosure.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / (3 NAMES) / OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1918. // 6 o'clock upper step face: " LEST WE FORGET " / R . I . P // 12 o'clock plinth face: No. 1333465 L.A.C. ANGUS / ROSS, / R.A.F. (V.R) / ACCIDENTALLY KILLED IN / INDIA 11TH. JUNE 1943.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Service number, rank, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death
Order of names: Listed alphabetically by surname.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Service number, rank, forenames, surname, service, unit, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Service number, rank, forenames, surname, service, unit, manner of death, place of death, date of death

Obelisk

Height: c 2700mm

Width: 1330mm

Depth: 1460mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1443387

Date first listed: 15-Mar-2017