Thuxton with Garvestone War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 2019. War memorial.

Thuxton with Garvestone War Memorial

WRENN ID
outer-pier-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, erected in approximately 1919.

MATERIALS: constructed from granite.

PLAN: located at the entrance to St Margaret’s Churchyard.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a roughly-hewn Latin cross with an incised head and a tapering shaft, mounted on a simple square plinth and standing on a raised bed. The shaft and plinth, which are finely-hewn, bear the inscriptions in incised and black-painted lettering: IN / THANKFUL / COMMEMORATION / OF THE PEACE 1919 / AND IN GRATEFUL / REMEMBRANCE OF / THESE OUR BROTHERS / OF THUXTON WITH / GARVESTON WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR / RIGHT AND HONOUR / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1919 / (NAMES). The plinth reads: ‘1939 – 1945’ followed by the names of the five who died in the conflict.

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