NHER 63901 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Rollesby

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: Churchyard of the Church of St George, Fleggburgh Road, Rollesby.
Type: Latin Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Portland stone, in the form of a freestanding Latin cross. It is used to commemorate thirteen local servicemen who died in World War One, and latterly six men who died in World War Two. It is described as 4.2m tall with “octagonal sides, atop an octagonal shaft with moulded collar and foot, standing on a four-sided plinth with similarly moulded foot, atop a five-tiered circular stepped base that is 2.7m in diameter at the bottom” (S1). There is an inscription on the plinth in incised lettering.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Henry Walter Sarel of London
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: 31 October 1920 by Mrs Brownsword of Rollesby Hall
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ FROM ROLLESBY/ 1914 – 1918.
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, 1920 newspaper article (S6), and architect biography (S7).
P. Beers (HES), 17 April 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 13 January 2025.

May 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), 17 April 2020.