Hemsby War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 2017. War memorial.
Hemsby War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hollow-soffit-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hemsby War Memorial is situated in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, which is also listed at Grade II. It is located near a Grade II-listed 14th-century cross base and other listed monuments in the churchyard. The memorial cross faces the street and is enclosed by a curved brick and flint wall at the back.
The memorial features a rough-hewn wheel-head cross made of granite, which stands on a tapering plinth and a low step. The main dedicatory inscription on the front of the plinth reads: "ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918 AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO FELL" followed by the names of 20 individuals.
On a stone string course set into the rear wall, there is a quotation from 1 Samuel 25 v16: "THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY." To the left, a small Portland stone tablet in the wall commemorates those who lost their lives in World War II, stating: "IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945," while a similar tablet to the right lists the names of those commemorated from this later conflict.
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