NHER 66735 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Kelling

World War One memorial with World War Two additions
Location: Junction of the A149 and The Street, Kelling
Type: Cross
Description: The memorial is a short stone cross approximately 4 metres high on a small green. The cross has a “foliate head rising from a crown, set on top of a tapering octagonal shaft. That rises from a fairly small square plinth, which itself is set on a five-sided base of two main stages, the lower stepped out as a shelf for wreaths” (S2). The principal inscription is on the plinth with the names on the three other sides. The final inscription is on the upper stage of the base.
Proposed: 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 / KEEP IN REMEMBRANCE / THE MEN OF KELLING / WHO FELL / IN THE WARS OF/ 1914-1918 / AND / 1939–1945
THEIR NAME LIVETH
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.
A. Henderson (HES), 24 August 2024.

March 2016. Listed. Grade II.
Details as summarized above.
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
See Historic England Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for further details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
A. Henderson (HES), 24 August 2024.