War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret

2, Station Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3QB

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First World War granite memorial cross, with later additions for the Second World War. Read the official list entry to find out more.

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455453
Date first listed:: 18-May-2018
List Entry Name:: War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret
Statutory Address:: 2, Station Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3QB

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1455453
Date first listed:: 18-May-2018
List Entry Name:: War memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret
Statutory Address 1:: 2, Station Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3QB

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:: 2, Station Road, Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR29 3QB

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

County:: Norfolk
District:: Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
Parish:: Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby
National Grid Reference:: TG4959214748

Summary

First World War granite memorial cross, with later additions for the Second World War.

Reasons for Designation

The war memorial cross at Ormesby St Margaret 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:

* a simple yet poignant granite wheel-head cross.

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 which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.

One such memorial was raised at Ormesby St Margaret as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community, including the neighbouring villages, who lost their lives in the First World War. It commemorates 35 local servicemen who died in the First World War. Following the Second World War the names of 17 men who died in that conflict were added.

Details

The war memorial stands in a triangular gravelled area to the eastern end of the green in the junction of Cromer Road, North Road, and Station Street. It comprises a dressed grey granite wheel-head cross standing on a pedestal. The pedestal has a moulded cap and two-stage foot, and chamfered corners, and stands on an octagonal base.

The pedestal bears the inscriptions in applied metal lettering. The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the pedestal reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS/ OF/ ORMESBY ST MARGARET/ ORMESBY ST MICHAEL/ SCRATBY AND CALIFORNIA/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ AND/ 1939 – 1945. The commemorated First World War names are listed on the other faces, whilst the Second World War casualty names are recorded on the chamfered faces of the upper stage of the pedestal foot.

Sources

Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 9 March 2018 from https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/56562

Legal

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