Roydon War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 2018. War memorial.
Roydon War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- far-arch-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 2018
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: Portland stone
DESCRIPTION: Roydon War Memorial is located in the churchyard of the Grade I-listed St Remigius Church, High Road, Roydon, Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the churchyard entrance within a low-hedged enclosure and conspicuous from High Road. It comprises a 3.2m tall Portland stone wheel-head cross on a four-sided shaft with slightly chamfered edges and moulded foot, atop a tapering four-sided plinth and two-stepped base. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised and painted lettering.
The inscription reads: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ AND IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
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