NHER 64719 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, with World War Two and Korean War additions, Attleborough

World War One Memorial, with World War Two and Korean War Additions
Location: Junction of Queen's Road with Exchange Street, Attleborough.
Type: Cross Bottonnée
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Doulton stone, in the form of a freestanding cross bottonée. It is used to commemorate one hundred and one members of the local community who died in World War One, twenty-four men who died in World War Two, and latterly a single casualty from the Korean War. It is described “above a decorative moulded collar around an octagonal shaft.” Which “rises from an octagonal pedestal with paired lancet niches to each face carved with gothic tracery. The pedestal surmounts an octagonal plinth with moulded cap and foot; later stone plaques are affixed to each face. The whole stands on a four-stepped, octagonal base” (S1). There are inscriptions to the plaques in incised, painted black lettering. The principal dedication is to the east face (Inscription A), with one hundred and one names associated with World War Two recorded to the north-east, north, north-west, west, south-west, and south faces; each preceded by the dates, 1914-1918. The twenty-four names associated with World War Two are contiguously recorded to the south, and south-east faces; each preceded by the dates, 1939-1945. The latter single name associated with the Korean War is also recorded to the south-east face (Inscription B).
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Architect Sir Charles Nicholson
Constructed/Sculpted By: A. J. Harrison of Attleborough
Cost: around £350 raised by public subscription.
Unveiled: 27 June 1920 by the Earl of Albemarle and dedicated by the Bishop of Norwich.
Inscription A: TO THE /GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF ATTLEBOROUGH/ WHO DIED IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY.
Inscription B: 1950-1953/ KOREAN WAR/ (NAME).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, the War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details, 1919 newspaper article (S6), and 1920 newspaper articles (S7) and (S8).
P. Beers (HES), 24 March 2021. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 21 January 2025.

February 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), 24 March 2021.