Stow Bedon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2019. War memorial.
Stow Bedon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-courtyard-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial, erected in about 1920; a further name added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a stone cross with carved cross fleury to the face, on a short shaft with moulded foot, atop a slightly tapering plinth on a three-tiered platform. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering. Very low metal bars tightly bound the foot of the memorial, protecting the platform.
The inscription is in incised lettering and reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING & GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ (NAMES)/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ IN SACRED SLEEP THEY LIE/ SAY NOT THAT THE BRAVE DIE/ (NAME) 1939-1945// THE HONOURED RETURNED/ (NAMES)// THE HONOURED RETURNED/ (NAMES)
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