Yarmouth Independent, Saturday 14 May 1921, page 2, reported: 'At a sitting of the Consistory Court on Saturday citations were ordered to issue in respect to applications to erect war memorials at Melton Constable, Guist, Costessey, Great Yarmouth (St. Peter), Paston, Upton, Hethel, and Thorpe Hamlet...' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001943/19210514/053/0002

Other website http://www.stmatthewschurch.co.uk

Navy News, November 2003, page 29: Royal Naval Association News; 'Branch sees restored memorial. SOME 40 members from Norwich branch formed up around the restored war memorial at St Matthews Church, Thorpe Hamlet in Norwich after their annual rededication service. The service was conducted by their chaplains, S/Ms Cliff Self, Canon Graham Drake, Vicar of St Matthews, and Rev Andrew Beane, curate of the church. Standard bearer John Kett was escorted by S/Ms Ray Self and Colin Ayden, who formed the Colour Party. President Jim Bowles gave the Reading, and Vice President Mike Mizzen and Vice Chairman Peter Cook led the Act of Remembrance. The war memorial has recently been restored after it was vandalised earlier this year, and the branch - which celebrates its Silver Jubilee next year - made a donation towards the repairs'. https://archive.org/details/NavyNews2003Collection/200311/page/n28/mode/2up

Historic England, Grade II Listing on 29/5/2018: 'Reasons for Designation; The war memorial, situated in the driveway to St Matthew’s Church at Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Historic interest: * as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20. Architectural interest: * as an elegant and well-executed example of a wheel-headed cross, forming an appropriately dignified and sombre memorial. Group Value: * the memorial is located a short distance from the site of St Leonard’s Priory, a scheduled monument ( List Entry Number 1002895). History: The aftermath of the First World War saw the single biggest wave of public commemoration ever experienced in England, with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country, both as a result of the huge impact of the loss of three quarters of a million lives had on communities throughout the nation, and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was erected within the churchyard of St Matthew's Church at Thorpe Hamlet in 1921 to commemorate the 128 servicemen from the area who lost their lives in the conflict. The memorial was unveiled on the 25 September 1921, and stood in that position ( map reference TG 24013 08638) until it was relocated in its present position near the new St Matthew's Church in Telegraph Lane, built to replace the original church of 1851. The new church opened c.1982 and it is thought that the relocation of the memorial dates to that time. The memorial was later vandalised, and then restored and re-dedicated in November 2003'. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1454118?section=official-list-entry

Norfolk Heritage Explorer https://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF74417-World-War-One-memorial-Thorpe-Hamlet-Norwich

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/173040

Some biographical details of the casualties are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/6204327896/in/photolist-asd9pv-asd9CF-asfNfd-asfNjS-asd9GF-asfNwC