Walsoken Parish War Memorial

All Saints Church, Church Road, Wisbech, PE13 3RA

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War Memorial, First and Second World Wars. Read the official list entry to find out more.

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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Official list entry

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

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:: 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 Online, accessed 23 January 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/121209
War Memorials Register, accessed 23 January 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/1304

Legal

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