Church war memorials
The Deopham Church war memorials and the men commemorated on them are described here.
1979
The following memorial was erected at the Lincoln Hall in Hingham in August 1979:
Copied with thanks from Martin Jeffery’s archive.
1992
Over the weekend of May 14th – 17th 1992 the 452 Bomb Group Association met in East Anglia. The following document is the agenda for that weekend.
On the Friday of that weekend, May 15th 1992, the memorial on the site of the airfield was dedicated. It is to be noted that the memorial is dedicated to “all who served here”. The following image shows the gathered veterans at this dedication:
Photo courtesy of Martin Jeffery
The following file is the order of service for the dedication of the memorial:
Thanks to Wendy Eastell for the loan of this document.
The following photo is of Christopher McNamara showing one of the American service men the airfield memorial in its early days:
Photo: Gwen Hall (daughter of the Christopher McNamara shown above)
Photos: G. Sankey, 9/2022
1995
The following leaflet and accompanying text were produced as a souvenir for those attending the 1955 reunion. It is marked “The Final Flag-down” because it was thought at the time that it would be the final reunion.
THE CONNECTION
Deopham Green Airfield, Norfolk, used by the 452nd Bomb Group (H) USAAF between February 1944 and April 1945, was distinguished by the three church towers of St Andrew, Hingham, St Andrew, Deopham and St James, Great Ellingham, the latter two lying along the line of the main North-East-South-West runway.
The Memorial Plaque is close to the War Memorial at Hingham and the Book of Remembrance is kept inside the church there.
The Commemorative Stone is on the airfield near to the site of the Control Tower.
Image and text loaned by Jack Phoenix
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 27/10/23 | 1992 Order of service |
| 26/9/23 | McNamara photo |
| 18/9/23 | 1979 memorial; photo of 1992 veterans; explanatory note about 1955 souvenir leaflet. |
| 7/9/23 | Memorial leaflet |
| 5/9/23 | Published |
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