War Memorial

West Walton Cemetery, Mill Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Norfolk

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First World War memorial erected in the 1920s. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1411421
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2012
List Entry Name:: War Memorial
Statutory Address:: West Walton Cemetery, Mill Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Norfolk

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1411421
Date first listed:: 07-Dec-2012
List Entry Name:: War Memorial
Location Description:
Statutory Address 1:: West Walton Cemetery, Mill Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Norfolk

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: West Walton Cemetery, Mill Road, West Walton, Wisbech, Norfolk

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Norfolk
District:: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: West Walton
National Grid Reference:: TF4697613395

Summary

First World War memorial erected in the 1920s.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial in the cemetery in West Walton is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: it has special historic interest commemorating those members of the community who died in the First and Second World Wars; * Architectural interest: it is a well-crafted monument in the form of a wheel cross on a tapering plinth carved out of white marble.

History

The war memorial was erected in the 1920s to the memory of the local men who died during the First World War. More names were added after the Second World War. The designer is unknown. In 2006 the memorial was cleaned and repaired.

Details

First World War memorial erected in the 1920s.

MATERIALS: marble cross on a stone base.

PLAN: the memorial is located in the centre of the cemetery. It is square on plan.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a wheel cross on a high, tapering plinth, resting on a marble base, which in turn stands on a triple-stepped stone base with low corner posts. In the centre of the cross is carved ‘HIS’, and around the wheel is a Latin inscription ‘Pro deo et patria’. The horizontal arms of the cross bear the dates ‘1914’ and ‘1919’, and the bottom of the cross shaft is inscribed ‘To the dear memory of our fallen’. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the plinth, and on the marble base are the words ‘Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.’ On the side of the plinth the date ‘1939-1945’ has been added, along with the names of the fallen from the Second World War. All the inscriptions are in flush lead lettering.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135395

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.