Tasburgh War Memorial
Location
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Tasburgh war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade I-listed), beside the churchyard gate and in close proximity to other buildings listed at Grade II. It is within the scheduled area of the Camp in the village, a possible univallate hillfort.
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History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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 raised at Tasburgh as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 12 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. Tasburgh Parish Council began to consider a war memorial in early 1919. A War Memorial Committee was set up to carry out the public’s wishes. Following the Second World War, the name of one serviceman was added to the memorial.
The war memorial comprises a rough-hewn granite monolith with a smooth panel cut into the front face, carrying the inscriptions. The texts are in applied metal letters, reading:
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IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF TASBURGH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1919
[12 NAMES]
1939-1945 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
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