West Dereham War Memorial
St Andrew's Churchyard, Saint Andrew's Walk, West Dereham, Norfolk, PE33 9PT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1447016
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- West Dereham War Memorial
- Statutory Address:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Saint Andrew's Walk, West Dereham, Norfolk, PE33 9PT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1447016
- Date first listed:
- 09-Jun-2017
- List Entry Name:
- West Dereham War Memorial
- Statutory Address 1:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Saint Andrew's Walk, West Dereham, Norfolk, PE33 9PT
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
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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:
- St Andrew's Churchyard, Saint Andrew's Walk, West Dereham, Norfolk, PE33 9PT
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:
- West Dereham
- National Grid Reference:
- TF6678402088
Summary
First and Second World War memorial. Erected circa 1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.
Reasons for Designation
West Dereham War Memorial, which is situated in St Andrew’s Churchyard, 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 cross;
* Group Value: with the Grade I listed Church of St Andrew and 11 Grade II headstones in the churchyard.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw an unprecedented wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country, 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 memorial was raised at West Dereham between 1919 and 1939, as permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. The memorial lists 16 names, which represents 10% of the adult male population of West Dereham in 1914.
Details
First World War memorial. Erected between 1919 and 1939. Architect unknown.
MATERIALS: carved in granite.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial in West Dereham comprises a Celtic cross, with a longsword carved in relief (point downwards), on top of a low, rough-hewn plinth. The plinth sits on one granite step, itself set on one step of granite setts. The memorial sits within an enclosure formed of a low iron railing set into four granite corner posts. The entire enclosure sits on a platform of granite setts and concrete.
The base of the cross is inscribed in leaded letters GREAT WAR. / 1914 – 1919. / SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE / GALLANT FALLEN / FROM THIS PARISH. The plinth below is inscribed with the names of the Fallen, in two columns separated by a cross. A polished granite slab inscribed 1939 – 1945 / NAMES commemorates the Fallen in the Second World War. The granite slab appears to rest against the rest of the monument.
Sources
Books and journals
Bullas, P, Poole, M, The Men Who Went To War, (2015), 3
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 April 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/53461
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 April 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/241380/
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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