East Barsham (Griffith) War Memorial

First World War memorial with a Second World War addition.

MATERIALS: sandstone cross and shaft.

DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located within the churchyard extension to the Church of All Saints (Grade II*listed). It comprises a wheel-head, Calvary cross with a sculpted depiction of the Crucifixion to the cross-head and shaft. The cross-head has fleur-de-lis carved in relief to the four sections of the wheel, while the shaft has a moulded foot and rises from a square plinth atop a three-stepped, square base. The plinth has a moulded cornice and foot and carries the inscriptions on three faces.

INSCRIPTION: the inscriptions are incised and that to the front face reads: IN PROUD MEMORY OF/ THOMAS COMBER GRIFFITH/ LIEUT 1ST LOYAL NORTH LANCS/ AND 1ST (DYERS) SLAVO BRITISH LEGION/ KILLED AT TROITSA/ ON THE DVINA NORTH RUSSIA/ JULY 7 1919 AGED 24/ RIP.

The second plinth face reads: AND OF/ HENRY GRIFFITH PAGAN LOWE D C M/ 2ND LIEUT ROYAL FLYING CORPS/ (SQUADRON 45)/ DESPATCH RIDER R.E. 1914 - 15/ KILLED IN FRANCE NOVEMBER 8TH 1916/ AGED 28/ RIP.

The third face reads: ALSO/ RENTON P. WALKER/ ROYAL NORFOLK REGT/ BORN 1917/ DIED IN INDIA 1943.