Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — Village Proud of War Record. [ARTICLE]

Village Proud of War Record.

The little Norfolk village of Old Buckingham is proud of Its war record. Its total male population between the ages of eighteen and fifty in 1014 was 264. Of that number no fewer than 170 served with the forces and 89 have given their lives for their country. In their honor a memorial cross has been erected on the village green, an exact reproduction of the “cross of sacrifice” designed by Sir Reginald Bloomfield, R. A., for all British military cemeteries abroad. Tne total height from the ground line to the top of the cross is 24 feet 8 Inches. It Is built of stone and the names of those men, of the village who fell In the war are Incised In gilt on the drum below the base of the cross. The sacrifice of. Old Buckingham Is typical of every British village.