NHER 63930 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Thorpe St Andrew

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: River Green, Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from grey granite, in the form of a freestanding, rough-hewn, wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate forty local servicemen who died in World War One. It is described as “decorative… on a slightly tapering shaft, on a four-sided tapering plinth with single-stepped base”. The memorial also has an additional “two [cast] bronze panels affixed to a granite open ‘book’ set into the ground at the foot of the memorial” (S1). Which is used to commemorate an additional forty-nine who died in World War Two. The enclosure around the memorial was probably added at the same time as the ‘book’. There are also inscriptions on the cross plinth in incised, painted lettering (S4); and cast as part of the bronze panels. The former World War One dedication is to the front of the plinth, with forty associated names to the side faces segregated by year (Inscription A). The latter forty-nine names associated with World War Two are also segregated by date on the bronze panels (Inscription B; S4 photographs). Sometime in 2013 landscaping was done to provide wheelchair access.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Unveiled: Dedicated on 30 November 1919. With an additional unveiling of the granite ‘book’ and bronze pages in 1948.
Inscription A: ERECTED/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF/ THE GALLANT SONS OF/ THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE// 1914/ (NAMES)/ 1915/ (NAMES)/ 1916/ (NAMES)// 1917/ (NAMES)/ 1918/ (NAMES).
Inscription B: 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), 22 June 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 16 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), 22 June 2020.