Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled 1920, with Second World War addition. Shrouded urn atop a four-sided column bearing inscriptions, set within an enclosure with gated railings.
Reasons for Designation
Halvergate and Tunstall War Memorial, including gated railings, which is situated at the junction of Sandhole Road and The Street, 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;
* Design: as a simple but well-executed granite column with shrouded urn atop;
* Group value: with the Grade I-listed Church of Peter and St Paul, and in close proximity to a cluster of Grade II-listed buildings.
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss. One such memorial was raised at Halvergate as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Details
MATERIALS: Brown granite.
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