{"id":7585,"date":"2020-04-21T20:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7585"},"modified":"2022-08-25T16:28:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:28:59","slug":"wiseman-john","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7585","title":{"rendered":"John George Wiseman (1923-1943). War hero of Martham."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>John George Wiseman<\/strong>. <strong>(1923-1943). War hero of Martham. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:23% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7871 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-main.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-main-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">John is listed on the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7415\">War Memorial<\/a><\/em> as one of those who gave his life during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Wiseman-of-Grage-Farm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8609\" width=\"278\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Wiseman-of-Grage-Farm.jpg 353w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-Wiseman-of-Grage-Farm-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 85vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption>John Wiseman of Grange Farm, killed in action on 14th February 1943 in the Straits of Dover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There can be no better memorial to John than that provided on a website you can see by clicking <em><a href=\"http:\/\/angliankayakangling.proboards.com\/thread\/2011\/tale-remembrance#ixzz604ZkjwiI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here <\/a><\/em>. On that website there is a full description of him and how, with his comrades, he died on 14th February 1943. It is testimony to a hero that I cannot improve on so urge you to visit that site. John was a true son of Martham and there is a unique memorial to him near the roadside at Grange Farm on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4111\">Repps Road<\/a><\/em>.    <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/John-George-Wiseman-memorial-stone.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8607\" width=\"383\" height=\"576\"\/><figcaption>John&#8217;s memorial at The Grange, Repps Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-WW2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7931\" width=\"399\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-WW2-2.jpg 480w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/War-Memorial-WW2-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 85vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption>War Memorial at St Mary the Virgin, Martham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a class=\"maxbutton-22 maxbutton maxbutton-back-to-people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=369\"><span class='mb-text'>Back to People<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John George Wiseman. (1923-1943). War hero of Martham. John is listed on the War Memorial as one of those who gave his life during the Second World War. There can be no better memorial to John than that provided on a website you can see by clicking here . On that website there is a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=7585\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;John George Wiseman (1923-1943). War hero of Martham.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7585","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}