Memorial

Norfolk Regiment Cottages

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Current Location

Sprowston, Broadland, Norfolk, England

TG 240 110

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Type of Memorial: Memorial homes / Alms houses
WMR Reference Number: 23347
Description: NORFOLK REGIMENT MEMORIAL COTTAGES - 12 COTTAGES AS FWW MEMORIAL, 6 COTTAGES AS SWW MEMORIAL.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF 6000 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE NORFOLK REGT. WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919. THESE COTTAGES WERE ERECTED FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS OF THE REGIMENT, 1920. IN MEMORY OF THE 2025 OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT WHO FELL IN THE WAR OF 1939-45. THESE COTTAGES WERE ERECTED FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS OF THE REGT. 1950.

Opened

11th August 1921

EARL OF LEICESTER

Opened

7th July 1951

SIR EDMUND BACON

HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT 1919-1951 VOL III by KEMP, P K P.164-167 Source: Image Library ATTACHED TO NIWM Published:REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ROYAL NORFOLK REGIMENT 1953 BRITANNIA BARRACKS, NORWICH