Brooke War Memorial

Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, The Street, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1JX

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First World War memorial, circa 1920 with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442159
Date first listed:: 15-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Brooke War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, The Street, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1JX

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442159
Date first listed:: 15-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Brooke War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, The Street, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1JX

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Churchyard of the Church of St Peter, The Street, Brooke, Norfolk, NR15 1JX

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Brooke
National Grid Reference:: TM2938999533

Summary

First World War memorial, circa 1920 with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

Brooke War Memorial, which is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this local community, and the sacrifice it has made in the conflicts of the C20; * Design: as an elegant floriated stone cross; * Group value: with the Grade II*-listed Church of St Peter and the Grade II-listed Old Vicarage.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

Brooke War Memorial, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected, circa 1920 and it commemorates 17 local servicemen who fell in the First World War and five men who fell in the Second World War.

Details

Brooke War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Peter, The Street, Brooke, South Norfolk. It is prominently situated to the S side of the church by the churchyard path. It comprises a stone floriated cross on a tall octagonal shaft with moulded collar, set onto a square-section corniced plinth bearing inscriptions. The whole is set upon a moulded square-section base.

The inscription is incised and on the front (S) face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918. The names of those of fell in the First World War appear on the E and W faces of the plinth. To the rear the inscription reads 1939 – 45/ (NAMES).

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 29 Nov 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226351

Legal

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