Walsoken Parish War Memorial
All Saints Church, Church Road, Wisbech, PE13 3RA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1413185
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Walsoken Parish War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Church, Church Road, Wisbech, PE13 3RA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1413185
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-2013
- List Entry Name:
- Walsoken Parish War Memorial
- Location Description:
- Walsoken Parish graveyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- All Saints Church, Church Road, Wisbech, PE13 3RA
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- All Saints Church, Church Road, Wisbech, PE13 3RA
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:
- Walsoken
- National Grid Reference:
- TF4763810537
Summary
War Memorial, First and Second World Wars.
Reasons for Designation
Walsoken War Memorial, erected in the early C20, is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historical interest: it is a moving reminder of the impact on the community of two World Wars and of the sacrifice suffered;
* Design: its design is powerful and moving and it occupies a prominent place in the churchyard and the community.
History
The War Memorial at Walsoken was erected by public subscription following the First World War, with a panel added after the Second World War to commemorate six casualties, four of whom died in Japanese prisoner of war camps. In 1998 the memorial was vandalised, but has been fully repaired.
Details
War Memorial, First and Second World Wars.
The Walsoken war memorial is made of red granite and consists of the statue of a soldier carrying a rifle, facing forward but with his body turned to one side, raised above a tall, slightly tapered, square section pedestal with rusticated rough hewn quoins and top stone, and with two courses of similar stones to the base. These frame the panels on which the names of those who died in the First World War are inscribed, 118 altogether. The pedestal stands on a three stepped base; a small tablet inscribed with the six names of those who died in the Second World War is set against the top step.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1304
War Memorials Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121209
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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