Upwell War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 2013. War memorial.
Upwell War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- buried-ledge-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 2013
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
War Memorial, commemorating the fallen of the First and Second World Wars, erected c.1922.
The Upwell War Memorial is made of stone and consists of an angel raised on three steps above a tall, tapered, square pedestal surmounting a stepped plinth and base. The pedestal has a moulded entablature. A union flag and laurel branch are carved on one face with an inscription which reads ' THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WARS'. The names of those killed are recorded on the other sides, a total of 67, 57 from the First World War and 10 from the second.
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, 23 January 2017.
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