NHER 63864 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Hingham

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: In front of St Andrew’s Church, Attleborough Road, Hingham.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description: The memorial is constructed from grey granite, in the form of a freestanding, Celtic wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate forty members of the local community who died in World War One, and latterly six men who died in World War Two. It is described as on a tall shaft with a moulded foot. With the cross-head “carved in relief and has an interlace Celtic design incised to the west face; a gabled cap surmounts the upward arm of the cross”, and that “the shaft rises from a narrow, rectangular plinth with a splayed foot. The whole surmounts a two-stepped, paved base” (S1). An inscription is carved in relief to the wheel (Inscription A), with all other inscriptions to the cross shaft, and plinth, incised and painted black. The former World War One dedication (Inscription B) is to the west face of the plinth, with forty names listed above on the shaft. The latter World War Two dedication (Inscription C) is to the east face, with six names listed on an inset panel above on the shaft. Further inscriptions (D) and (E) can be found respectively on the north and south face of the plinth.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: Date unknown.
Inscription A: FOR/ GOD/ AND/ KING.
Inscription B: IN MEMORY OF/ THE HINGHAM MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
Inscription C: IN MEMORY OF/ THE HINGHAM MEN/ WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 – 1945.
Inscription D: YE THAT LIVE ON/ MID ENGLISH PASTURES GREEN/ REMEMBER US AND THINK/ WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
Inscription E: THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED/ IN PEACE/ BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE.
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images and the War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details.
P. Beers (HES), 30 January 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES) 13/12/2024.

October 2017. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 30 January 2020.