Acle War Memorial

The memorial stands in the south-eastern corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Edmund (Grade I-listed). The elevated position overlooks Norwich Road. Built of granite, it consists of a budded Latin cross rising from an octagonal shaft carved with Gothic decoration at the top and base. The shaft stands on an octagonal plinth with a moulded foot. The plinth is on a low step, in a raised, kerbed square filled with gravel. Brick steps surfaced with tactile paving slabs connect the memorial to the pavement of Norwich Road.

The principal inscription carved into the front face of the plinth reads TO THE/ GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE/ ACLE MEN/ WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. The names of the 28 men who died in the First World War are listed on the other faces of the plinth. Crossed arrows are carved in low relief on the rear face of the plinth. A granite tablet in the shape of an open book, placed on the kern at the front of the memorial, is inscribed 1939-1945/ (5 NAMES). All inscriptions are in attached metal lettering, painted black.

An oval metal plaque has been attached on the top step below the book, inscribed ACLE PARISH COUNCIL/ ERECTED THESE STEPS IN 1995/ TO COMMEMORATE AND EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE/ OF ACLE PEOPLE FOR FIFTY YEARS OF PEACE./ AND TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE/ THE SUPREME SACRIFICE TO SECURE DIGNITY AND/ FREEDOM TO OUR LAND.

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 20 January 2017.