West Winch War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 2019. War memorial.
West Winch War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- haunted-basalt-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 2019
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First and Second World War memorial. Erected March 1921 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945 and the names of the Fallen from Setchey added in 2008.
MATERIALS: Carved from Hopton Wood limestone.
DESCRIPTION: West Winch war memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, Main Road, West Winch, Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the west end of the church, to the right and in front of the tower doorway. It comprises a granite Latin cross with carved wreath and ribbons at the head encircling the relief-carved and painted dates ‘1914 – 1918’, on a tapering, rough-axed shaft, small moulded rough-axed plinth with slightly projecting front section, and two-stepped base that also projects forward at the front. The shaft and plinth bear the inscriptions on inserted, incised granite plaques. The epitaph is directly incised into the upper step of the base.
The inscription reads: 1914 / 1918 / TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE / UNDYING HONOUR / OF THE MEN / WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES )/ 1939 – 45 / (NAMES )/ FROM SETCHEY / 1914 – 1918 / (NAMES) // "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / ECCLUS.XLIV.14 //
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