NHER 63940 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, Tunstead

World War One Memorial
Location: St Mary's Churchyard, Church Lane, Tunstead.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from granite, in the form of a freestanding wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate sixteen local servicemen who died in World War One. It has been described as “on a trapezoidal plinth with a moulded cap, below which is a single-step stone base” with a concrete foundation (S1). There is an inscription on the plinth in leaded lettering.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown.
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown.
Unveiled: Assumed planned and erected around 1920, when the majority of Norfolk’s war memorials were commissioned. Additional research required.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN EVER / GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF / TUNSTEAD WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE / [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), 11 September 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 17 January 2025.

April 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), 11 September 2020.