Brockdish War Memorial

St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk, IP21 4JJ

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Overview

First and Second World War memorial. Erected around 1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1448376
Date first listed:: 15-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: Brockdish War Memorial
Statutory Address:: St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk, IP21 4JJ

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1448376
Date first listed:: 15-Aug-2017
List Entry Name:: Brockdish War Memorial
Statutory Address 1:: St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk, IP21 4JJ

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:: St Peter and St Paul's Churchyard, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk, IP21 4JJ

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish:: Brockdish
National Grid Reference:: TM2044879602

Summary

First and Second World War memorial. Erected around 1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

Reasons for Designation

Brockdish War Memorial, which is situated in St Peter and St Paul 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 an elegant and well-executed gothic stone cross; * Group Value: with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul and the Grade II listed Rectory.

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 Brockdish c1920, as permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. A fund was started in April 1919, and raised over £100. The memorial was erected in the churchyard, and commemorates 21 servicemen. An additional two names were added after the Second World War.

Details

First and Second World War memorial. Erected c1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: carved in Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Brockdish war memorial is located in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the churchyard path near to the church porch. It comprises a gothic floriated cross on a slender, tapering, collared, octagonal shaft, atop a tall, four-sided plinth with gabled panels, on a three-stepped octagonal base. A slanted footstone was added in front of the plinth on top of the uppermost octagonal base step, in memory of the fallen of the Second World War. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised and black-painted lettering.

INSCRIPTION: the inscription reads: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 18/ THEIR NAME WILL LIVE FOR / EVERMORE // (NAMES)/ / ALSO / TO THOSE WHO FELL IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 45 / (NAMES).

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, 25 September 2017.

Sources

Books and journals
'Brockdish' in Diss Express, , Vol. 2843, (25 April 1919), 5
Websites
Roll of Honour database, accessed 4 July 2017 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Brockdish.html
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 September 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253512

Legal

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