Memorial
Guist
Guist War memorial
Source: ©2026 Colin Murray
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Current Location
Overlooking Norwich Road, St Andrews Churchyard, Norwich Road, Guist, Breckland, Norfolk, NR20 5NS, England
OS Grid Reference
TG 00049 25567
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 20050
- Description
- A stone obelisk rising from a square plinth with moulded foot, upon a two-stepped base. The plinth is surmounted by a gabled cap above a cornice with cavetto. Dedication and names are in leaded lettering on faces 1 - 4 of the plinth. The whole is sat in a kerbed gravel bed.
- Inscription
- Face 1: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR US IN THE/ GREAT WAR / 1914 ˜ 1919./ "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US/ BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY./ Face 2: (Names)/ Face 3: ALSO/ FOR THOSE WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ Face 4: (Names)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 12
- Died
- 12
- Information shown
- Surname, forename
- Order of names
- Surname, forename
- War
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Number Commemorated
- 5
- Died
- 5
- Information shown
- Surname, initial
- Order of names
- Surname
- Custodian
- PCC
Components
- Obelisk
Height: c4000mm
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 156773
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