NHER 64707 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, with World War Two and Korean War additions, Great Ryburgh, Ryburgh

World War One Memorial, with World War Two and Korean War Additions
Location: Approximately 100m to the west of the Manor House, Station Road, Great Ryburgh, Ryburgh.
Type: Pillar
Description:
The memorial is constructed from a polished grey granite in the form of a freestanding pillar. It is used to commemorate twenty-three members of the local community who died in World War One, four men who died in World War Two, and latterly a single casualty from the Korean War. It is described as “surmounted by a moulded cap and small finial, standing on a two-stage plinth… The moulded cap is decorated with incised foliate motifs, whilst there are incised cable and diamond patterns in bands around the top and bottom of the pillar shaft. The faces of the upper stage of the plinth are outlined in incised lines” and below the plinth is a two-tier base constructed from other materials (S1). There are inscriptions in leaded lettering (S4). The principal dedication starts to the front face of the pillar (Inscription A), with twenty-three names associated with World War Two to the sides and upper stage of plinth. The World War Two names are to the front faces of the plinth stages. The later dedication for the Korean War is to the east face of the upper plinth stage, along with the single associated name (Inscription B). The memorial is sited within a semi-circular enclosure bounded “by a coped flint cobble and red brick wall to the rear, with, to the front, railings carried on a low brick wall and a centrally-positioned gate. The curved rear wall ends at the pavement side in broad red brick piers with shallow pyramidal stone caps” (S1).
Proposed: May 1919.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown, but location proposed by Messrs F. and G. Smith. Constructed along with the iron railings.
Cost: £207 5s 2d by public subscription.
Unveiled: Erected in 1921.
Inscription A: IN HONOURED/ AND LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ GREAT & LITTLE/ RYBURGH & TESTERTON/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ AND/ 1939-1945.
Inscription B: KOREA/ 1952/ (NAME).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, and War Memorials Register (S5) and local website (S6) for images, names and additional details.
P. Beers (HES), 03 March 2021. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 20 January 2025.

January 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), 03 March 2021.