Filby War Memorial

All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Filby, Norfolk, NR29 3HW

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First World War memorial, unveiled on 23 November 1919, with Second World War additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447584
Date first listed:: 29-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Filby War Memorial
Statutory Address:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Filby, Norfolk, NR29 3HW

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1447584
Date first listed:: 29-Jun-2017
List Entry Name:: Filby War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Filby, Norfolk, NR29 3HW

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.

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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:: All Saints Churchyard, Church Lane, Filby, Norfolk, NR29 3HW

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
Parish:: Filby
National Grid Reference:: TG4689313255

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled on 23 November 1919, with Second World War additions.

Reasons for Designation

Filby War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints 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.

Architectural interest: * as a simple but well-executed granite wheel-head cross.

Group value: for its relationship with the Grade II*-listed Church of All Saints.

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 Filby as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

Like many Norfolk war memorials, Filby's is situated within a churchyard. The memorial was unveiled on 23 November 1919 by Mrs C B Lucas. It commemorates 13 local servicemen who fell in the First World War. An inscription was added at some point after 1945 to honour the three men who fell in the Second World War.

Details

First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

MATERIALS: Red granite, stone.

DESCRIPTION: Filby War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints (Grade II*-listed). It is situated to the left upon entering the churchyard.

The memorial takes the form of a polished granite wheel-head cross on a tapering plinth with moulded cap, on a single-stepped stone base. The plinth carries the inscriptions and names in incised lettering which is painted black.

The north face of the plinth has the principal inscription, which reads: THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID/ DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The 13 names are to the east and west faces of the plinth.

The south face carries the Second World War inscription 1939 - 1945/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ (3 NAMES)

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: The memorial is enclosed by a low wooden fence*.

* Pursuant to s1 (5A) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 ('the Act') it is declared that this aforementioned feature is not of special or historic interest.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 24 November 2017.

Sources

Websites
Filby Village website, accessed 18 May 2017 from http://www.filbyvillage.org.uk/warmemor/chmem/memorial.htm
War Memorials Online, accessed 24 November 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253532
War Memorials Register, accessed 18 May 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/55635
Waymarking.com, accessed 18 May 2017 from http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM8Y1P_Combined_War_Memorial_All_Saints_Church_Filby_Norfolk_UK
Other
‘Filby War Memorial’, Yarmouth Independent, (29 November 1919), pp3

Legal

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