- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 19936
- Description
- A series of seven brass plaques attached to a wooden board with a broken pediment, shield in the centre of the pediment. Each plaque is placed on an inset panel. The two main world war memorial plaques are in the centre, and five individual plaques to men commemorated on the main plaques, are placed either side.
- Inscription
- Board: DULCE ET DECORUM/ EST PRO PATRIA MORI
Left top plaque: (Royal Marines Light Infantry Badge)/ Thanking God for the beloved/ memory of Cyril Charles/ Gordon Roe, 2nd Lieut 1st Batt./ Royal Marine Light Infantry/ Youngest son of the Reverend/ Canon R. Gordon Roe, Rector/ of this Parish and Isabel/ Alice his wife./ Born on July 2nd 1895 killed/ in action at Oppy Wood April/ 28th 1917 in the Great War./ "Eternal rest grant him O Lord and/ let light perpetual shine upon him".
Left middle plaque: +/ SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ WARRANT OFFICER WILLIAM E. KING, R.N./ KILLED ON BOARD H.M.S. "BULWARK"/ 26th NOV. 1914. AGE 39. YEARS./ ALSO HIS BROTHER/ WARRANT OFFICER GEORGE A. KING. R.N./ DROWNED FROM H.M. DESTROYER, "CRUSADER"/ DOVER PATROL 21ST JAN. 1917. AGE 32. YEARS./ THEIR DUTY NOBLY DONE.
Bottom left plaque: (R.N. Officers cap badge)/ Giving thanks to God/ for the Beloved Memory/ of/ Christopher Arthur/ Gresham Cooke,/ Midshipman, R.N./ Aged 18./ H.M.S. Aboukir, torpedoed/ 22nd Sept 1914./ Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916./ Killed by explosion in/ H.M.S. Vanguard, 9th July 1917./ He lived happily/ and died bravely.
Centre top plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN HONOURED AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF BLAKENEY MEN/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ (Names)/ MAILE & SON. 357 EUSTON RD. LONDON.
Centre bottom plaque: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BLAKENEY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR./ 1939-1945/ (Names)
Right middle plaque: (Royal Garrison Artillery Badge)/ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN PROUD AND AFFECTIONATE MEMORY/ OF/ GEORGE PETER HUDSON/ WHO DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION/ NEAR YPRES SEP 12TH 1918/ AGED 33 YEARS/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY;/ HIS SOUL TO GOD/ MAILE & SON EUSTON RD LONDON.
Right bottom plaque: (R.N. Officers cap badge)/ Giving thanks to God/ for the Beloved Memory/ of/ Robert Balding./ Aged 34./ who gave his life for his Country/ Sept 21st 1914/ by torpedoing of/ H.M.S. Aboukir./ "Thou art the same and/ thy years shall not fail"./ G. MAILE & SON EUSTON RD LONDON.