NHER 54933 (Monument record) - Far East prisoner of war memorial clock tower

World War Two memorial
Location: Far East Prisoner of War, War Memorial, Marine Parade, Great Yarmouth
Type: Clock Tower
Description: The memorial is in the form of a clock tower made of limestone. The tower is a plain square-plan pillar placed on top of a square stone base. The four faces of the pillar each hold a circular brass relief showing a map of South East Asia near the bottom of the pillar and a bronze clock face near the top. The inscriptions are placed on a bronze plaque on the west face of the base, with an plaque on the east face holding construction information.
Proposed: Great Yarmouth branch of the Far East Prisoner of War Association
Designed By: As part of the ‘Festival of Britain’
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: 3 May 1958.
Inscription: ERECTED BY THE GREAT YARMOUTH BRANCH OF THE FAR EAST P.O.W. ASSOCIATION AND DEDICATED TO ALL WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THEIR CAPTIVITY
THIS MEMORIAL WAS DEDICATED ON 3RD MAY 1958 RESTORED AND REDEDICATED 14TH NOVEMBER 2004
WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY, FOR YOUR TOMORROW, WE GAVE OUR TODAY
Information from Listing Description (S1).
See War Memorials On-line (S2) for images and the War Memorials Register (S3) for images, names and additional details.
A. Henderson (HES), 6 December 2024.

November 2004. Restoration.
The memorial was restored and rededicated on 14 November 2004. Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for further details.
A. Henderson (HES), 6 December 2024.

September 2010. Listed. Grade II.
Details as summarized above.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S2) and War Memorials Register (S3).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 October 2010. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 21 January 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 6 December 2024.