2017

TF8804 : Ashill War Memorial with battlefield crosses

taken 6 years ago, near to Ashill, Norfolk, England

Ashill War Memorial with battlefield crosses
Ashill War Memorial with battlefield crosses
The WW1 memorial bears the names of 18 of the men lost in The Great War.
One name is given for WW2.
There are also two CWGC burials in the churchyard, only one of whom is named on the memorial.
The War Memorials of Norfolk & Suffolk

In Honour of those who served and in Memory of those who fell.

NORFOLK - Link
SUFFOLK - Link

Battlefield crosses

A battlefield cross or grave markers were erected in the battlefield or an area designated as a cemetery for the temporary burial of soldiers killed in the field.
Officially, wooden grave markers, they all served the same purpose, to identify the deceased, but despite this they take many different forms.
At the end of the war thousands of graves were scattered over a wide area and the Imperial War Graves Commission negotiated with various governments to establish cemeteries with architectural memorials where all the fallen could be buried in a recognised place with uniform and permanent markers.
When the bodies were disinterred and reinterred in the cemeteries and permanent headstones erected, the crosses became redundant and were offered to the families free of charge. Relatives did however have to pay the cost of carriage, unless they were collected. Some were retained by the household but most were given to the local church for public recognition and safekeeping.
Today they serve as a reminder of the wholesale slaughter and loss to the parish and more particularly the families.


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This photo is linked from: Articles: · War Memorials in Norfolk Automatic Clusters: · Ashill War Memorial [3] · Churchyard [3] ·
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TF8804, 49 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Adrian S Pye   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 3 October, 2017   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 4 October, 2017
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 8840 0418 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.1639N 0:46.8372E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TF 8840 0419
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