"SANTON DOWNHAM WAR MEMORIAL"



St.Mary the Virgin, Santon Downham


Inside the church of St.Mary the Virgin, Mark Lane, Santon Downham, on the north wall at the rear of the nave is a white marble tablet, on a black marble tile. Incised with a cross on the left hand side, there are the names of the three men who fell in the Great War. The lettering is blackened.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
SIDNEY GEORGE CLAXTON
HECTOR ERNEST LOCKWOOD
JOHN WELLS
R.I.P.

Below is a glazed frame holding a card on which is the Fusiliers badge and under that

In Remembrance of
FUSILIER JOHN SNARE R.F.
Killed in Action, Korea, 1952
We Remember

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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old,
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.