NHER 63896 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Overstrand

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: Churchyard of the Church of St Martin, Cromer Road, Overstrand.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Clipsham stone, the form of a freestanding wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate forty local servicemen who died in World War One, and latterly twelve men who died in World War Two. It is described as 5m tall, “pierced and cusped, atop a slender octagonal shaft with moulded collar and foot, surmounting a pentagonal plinth and three-stepped base” (S1). There is an inscription carved in relief.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: 23 May 1920 by Lord Hillingdon and dedicated by the Rector, the Reverend L C Carr.
Inscription: TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND TO KEEP/ IN REMEMBRANCE THE/ MEN OF OVERSTRAND/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919// GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.// (NAMES)// 1939 – 1945// (NAMES).
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), 15 April 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 7 January 2025.

June 2018. 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), 15 April 2020.