NHER 64755 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Grimston

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: The churchyard, St Botolph's Church, Gayton Road, Grimston.
Description:
The memorial is 4.5m tall and constructed from stone, in the form of a freestanding blind wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate thirty-seven, formerly thirty-eight until one was removed, local servicemen who died in World War One. Latterly it also commemorates two men who died in World War Two. It is described “with finely worked concentric grooves and foliate relief carvings on the cross head, on a tapering shaft, octagonal in cross-section. The cross shaft terminates in a tiered, moulded foot surmounting an octagonal plinth with simple foot, on a three-stepped octagonal base” (S1). There are inscriptions to the plinth in incised, filled lettering. The former World War One dedication is to the front face (Inscription A), with thirty-seven associated names, and an incised rectangle where the name has been removed, listed to the six side faces. The latter World War Two dedication is to the rear face, along with two associated names listed (Inscription B).
Proposed: Date unknown.
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Unveiled: Date unknown.
Inscription A: IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF ALL WHO WENT FORTH/ FROM THIS PARISH/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919.
Inscription B: ALSO THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ (2 NAMES).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, the War Memorials Register (S5), Roll of Honour (S6), and church webpage (S7) for images, names and additional details.
P. Beers (HES), 22 December 2021.

1990. Restoration.
See Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
P. Beers (HES), 22 December 2021.

February 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1) and Consultation Report (S2) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 22 December 2021.