Thetford War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 2019. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Thetford War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- standing-tower-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, built 1921; altered after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Balmoral granite.
DESCRIPTION: Thetford War Memorial is located in Thetford Market Place in the heart of the town. It comprises a polished Balmoral granite foliated cross on an octagonal shaft with collar and ring decoration and a moulded base of unpolished granite. It stands on an octagonal plinth with a moulded foot, on a three-tiered base.
The front of the plinth is carved with the Seal of Thetford and the inscription 1914 1918 / IN / EVER GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MEN OF / THIS BOROUGH / WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / "LEST WE FORGET". The names of the fallen of the First World War are inscribed on the other faces of the plinth, and the names of those who fell in the Second World War are inscribed on the rear of the plinth and base below the dates 1939-1945.
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