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The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury |
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Plaque at the entrance to the church |
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Inside the Narthex built in 2001 showing the font and glass partition with inscribed names of saints |
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Altar carvings from the original church |
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Cabinet showing relics from the Burma-Siam Railway |
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Sapper Coates Prayerbook |
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This carried by Sapper Coates throughout his captivity. The Japanese censor's mark is visible on the left page |
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CPO Moore's diary |
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This was carried throughout CPO Moore's captivity and contains the names of 62 dead comrades |
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The Main Church |
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This shows the interior of the part of the church built in 1952
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The Altar |
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This includes the portraits of 28 saints which help make up the wall behind the altar |
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Tryptich in the FEPOW Chapel |
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The Chapel also includes the eternal flame, the original Memorial Books and the cabinet containing the new Memorial Books |
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Cloth cover for the original Memorial Books Cabinet |
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The cover was embroidered in 1997 by a Carmelite nun at the Carmelite Priory at Quidenham, Norfolk.
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The New Memorial Books Cabinet |
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One of the new Memorial Books |
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FEPOW Memorial window in the side chapel |
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