Wroxham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 2018. War memorial.
Wroxham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- tall-brick-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, approximately 1920.
MATERIALS: grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Wroxham War Memorial is located at the roadside of Norwich Road (A1151) at the junction with Church Lane, Wroxham, Norfolk. It is prominently situated facing the corner of Church Lane and the Norwich Road. It comprises a small floriated cross with Celtic-inspired strap work incised on the face atop a shaft. The top half of the shaft also features strap work, and the inscription is incised on the lower half of the shaft. It stands on an elegant two-tiered, moulded foot atop a simple square base.
The inscription is incised and painted and reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE GLORIOUS DEAD / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / AT SEA, ON LAND AND IN THE AIR / FIGHTING FOR / GOD, KING AND EMPIRE, / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) / 1939 – 1945 / (NAMES).
A further inscription on the base reads THIS CROSS IS GIVEN TO THE VILLAGE OF WROXHAM IN LOVING MEMORY OF LT ARTHUR WILLIAM PASSMORE / WHO FELL IN ACTION NEAR HULLOCH, FRANCE APRIL 5TH 1916.
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