Hillington War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2018. War memorial.
Hillington War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- heavy-gutter-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone war memorial cross is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II*-listed), prominently situated by the churchyard gates and facing the road outside the church tower. Raised up above the level of the churchyard wall, it comprises a plain Latin cross on a tapering plinth with single-stepped base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering.
The inscription reads: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ (8 NAMES)/ THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ 1939 - 1945/ (2 NAMES)/ HOLMAN OF LYNN. The names are recorded with rank and the year of death.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 27 February 2018.
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