Carleton Rode War Memorial

Graveyard, Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norfolk, NR16 1RN

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled on 5 September 1920, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442401
Date first listed:: 23-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Carleton Rode War Memorial
Statutory Address:: Graveyard, Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norfolk, NR16 1RN

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1442401
Date first listed:: 23-Feb-2017
List Entry Name:: Carleton Rode War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Graveyard, Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norfolk, NR16 1RN

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:: Graveyard, Church Road, Carleton Rode, Norfolk, NR16 1RN

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Carleton Rode
National Grid Reference:: TM1158592387

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled on 5 September 1920, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Carleton Rode War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20; * Architectural interest: a simple but dignified Latin cross; * Group value: with Rectory Cottages (Grade II.

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.

One such war memorial was raised at Carleton Rode as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

The funds for the Carleton Rode memorial of £100 were raised by public subscription in 1919-20 largely through the efforts of W H Brown and the committee. It was designed by Sidney Smith and built by local masons, F W Youngs of Attleborough. The memorial was unveiled on 5 September 1920 by Major Cantley and dedicated by the Archdeacon of Norfolk, G M McDermott.

The memorial originally commemorated 20 local servicemen who fell in the First World War.

A Second World War name was added in 1947 and unveiled by one of the casualty’s work colleagues, an ex-serviceman, Mr J Backburn. Two more names were added in 2015, one from the First World War and one from the Second World War.

Details

MATERIALS: Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Carleton Rode War Memorial is located in a graveyard on Church Road, Carleton Rode. The memorial comprises a Latin cross standing some 3.6m high, with integral shaft and moulded lower section, which stands atop a square-section base with rustic, natural rock-like dressing around the edges and smooth faces within to bear the inscriptions, which stands above the four-stepped base.

The inscription reads: IN MEMORIAM/ (NAMES)/ GOD KING COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ 1944/ (NAMES).

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, 25 July 2017.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Online, accessed 6 March 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/141386
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 July 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/72594
Other
Carleton Rode, Eastern Daily Press, 11 September 1920
Diss Express - Friday 14 November 1947, p6

Legal

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