- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 53408
- Description
- Gilded bronze pulpit Crucifix with warrior Christ raising hands above head and four horizontal nails at bottom of Cross.
Bronze Christ is gold plated.
Framed hand written information sheet.
- Inscription
- THIS PULPIT CRUCIFIX COMMEMORATES THOSE WHO DIED WHILST IN JAPANESE HANDS 1941-1945. AND ALL THOSE WHO DIED SUBSEQUENTLY AS A RESULT OF THEIR SUFFERINGS DURING CAPTIVITY./ KINGS LYNN FEPOW.
The Warrior Christ 1968/ This unique pulpit cross, the gift of/ the Kings Lynn branch of the Far-East/ Prisoner of War Association on the 20th/ anniversary of their release from/ captivity, commemorates their fellow/ prisoners who died 1941 - 1945, and/ all F.E.P.O.W's who died later as a result/ of their captivity./
The Warrior Christ with crown and/ loin cloth is an ancient design going back/ to the 8th century, Celtic in origin,/ examples of this type of cross are to be/ found in may of marine communities of/ Scandinavia, Iceland and own own/ Victoria and Albert Museum./
The figure speaks of the triumph of/ The Warrior Christ through suffering./
The slim metal cross with its/ horizontal nails give it an Eastern simplicity/ of form linking the gift with those circum-/ stances that inspired the comradeship of the/donors.