Kirstead War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2019. War memorial.

Kirstead War Memorial

WRENN ID
tall-pedestal-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: constructed of stone.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a small Latin cross on a block that bears a relief-carved shield. The block stands on a square plinth with rounded corners. The plinth has buttresses to each side with moulded caps and dressed quoins. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised lettering that reads: (front) IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ & SOME NEIGHBOURS WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME)// (reverse) (NAMES).

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