Arthur Mee included Ovington on the original list, and although it has no WWI memorial, recent research has shown that is is, unfortunately, not to be thankful after all. On 12/11/2011 13:12, xpn11 wrote: > The BBC news web site has an interesting article at the moment about > "Thankful Villages" . This is the term which has been given to villages > where all the service men and women who were in combat returned alive. A > very few are doubly thankful in that servicemen and women from both WWI > and WWII returned alive from the conflicts. From the map on the site > drawn from current understanding , not one Norfolk village was untouched. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943 > Rosie > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >