"SNAILWELL WAR MEMORIAL"

To the eternal memory of the men of SNAILWELL who died in the service of their country
Seven in the Great War of 1914-1919 and two in 1939-1945

Snailwell war memorial is an inscribed three panelled back piece to a small altar in a screened area acting as a memorial chapel inside St Peter's Church, Snailwell. The centre panel holds the Dedication :-

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN PROUD AND
GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS
PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT
WAR
THIS MEMORIAL IS
ERECTED BY THEIR
FELLOWS

the left hand panel has (with regiment in smaller lettering)
FRANK BROOKES
SUSSEX REGT.
ERNEST PARR
SUFFOLK REGT.
ARTHUR RANDALL
SUFFOLK REGT.
WILLIAM ROOTE
R.A.S.C.

the right hand panel has:-

JAMES TURNER
R.G.A.
EDGAR WESTLEY
9TH LANCERS.
RALPH WESTLEY
K.O.Y.L.I.
1939-1945
HARRY COLE
CAMBS REGT.
REGINALD CHALLICE
R.A.

St.Peter's Church, Snailwell

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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.