NHER 67690 (Structure record) - World War One memorial, Beeston-next-Mileham

World War One memorial
Location: Churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Church Road, Beeston-next-Mileham
Type: Wheel-head cross
Description: The memorial is in the form of a wheel-head cross made of stone. It sits on a tapering plinth on a single-stepped, square base. The inscription is placed on the front face of the plinth. Eight servicemen are commemorated and Gracia Bolton, a munitions worker killed in the worst accidental munitions explosion in WW1 in Britain on 1 July 1918.
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: IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF/ (9 NAMES)/ WHO IN THE GREAT WAR MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914 – 1918/ THEIR BODIES REST IN PEACE BUT THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S3) for images and the War Memorials Register (S4) for images, names and additional details.
A. Henderson (HES), 5 September 2024.

June 2017. 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) for further details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S3) and War Memorials Register (S4).
A. Henderson (HES), 5 September 2024.