Tittleshall war memorial

Fakenham Road, Tittleshall, Norfolk, PE32 2PE

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Overview

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454113
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Tittleshall war memorial
Statutory Address:: Fakenham Road, Tittleshall, Norfolk, PE32 2PE

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1454113
Date first listed:: 05-Mar-2018
List Entry Name:: Tittleshall war memorial
Statutory Address 1:: Fakenham Road, Tittleshall, Norfolk, PE32 2PE

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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Location

Statutory Address:: Fakenham Road, Tittleshall, Norfolk, PE32 2PE

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Breckland (District Authority)
Parish:: Tittleshall
National Grid Reference:: TF8892720693

Summary

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions.

Reasons for Designation

Tittleshall War Memorial, unveiled in 1920, and dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars, 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 and C21.

Architectural interest:

* as a modest but well-executed memorial.

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 Tittleshall as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 12 members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.

A memorial fund was established in 1919, and a memorial unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of the County, the Earl of Leicester in July 1920. The name of one member of the local community who lost his life in the Second World War, and one member of the local community who lost his life in Afghanistan (2008) were later added to the memorial.

Details

First World War memorial, unveiled in 1920, with later additions.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is rectangular in plan, constructed of grey granite, and takes the form of a Celtic wheeled cross, with a tapered shaft, two-stepped plinth, and rusticated base. The front (north) elevation of the plinth is inscribed ‘FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914 – 1919’, followed by the names of 12 of the fallen of the First World War. The dates of the Second World War (1939 – 1945) were later inscribed under, with the name of one local man who fell in the war. The west elevation of the plinth is inscribed ‘AFGHANISTAN’, with the name of one local man who fell in war in 2008. The memorial is bounded by gravel, and eight low timber posts arranged in a rectangular-plan, linked by a metal chain. The memorial stands in a prominent location at the junction of Fakenham Road and Heath Lane.

Sources

Websites
Roll of Honour, ‘Tittleshall-Cum-Godwick War Memorial’, accessed 22 January 2018 from http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Norfolk/Tittleshall.html
War Memorials Online, ‘Tittleshall war memorial’, accessed 22 January 2018 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/197048
Other
Eastern Daily Press, ‘Norfolk Marine’s Name is the First to go on Tittleshall War Memorial for 65 Years’, 13 November 2010, available online at http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk_marine_s_name_is_the_first_to_go_on_tittleshall_war_memorial_for_65_years_1_725982, accessed 22 January 2018
Thetford & Watton Times and People's Weekly Journal, ‘Memorial Cross Unveiled at Tittleshall’, Saturday 24 July 1920, 3

Legal

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