East Raynham War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 2017. War memorial.
East Raynham War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- grim-truss-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 August 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: Portland stone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II* listed), within Raynham Park (Grade II registered). The memorial takes the form of a Latin cross standing on an orb, which crowns an octagonal shaft with moulded cap and foot. The shaft rises from a four-sided plinth bearing inscriptions in leaded lettering, below which is a three-stepped square stone base.
INSCRIPTION: The principal inscription is to the front (west) face of the plinth and reads: IN LASTING MEMORY OF/ (12 NAMES)/ 1914 – 1918/ (1 NAME). To the rear (east) face of the plinth is the inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH/ NO MAN THAN THIS". The six names of those who died during the Second World War were added to the south face with the dates 1939-1945 underneath.
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