Geldeston War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 2017. War memorial.
Geldeston War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- silent-hinge-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Geldeston War Memorial, Churchyard of the Church of St Michael, Old Yarmouth Road, NR34 0LW
- OS grid reference
- TM 395 922
- Coordinates
- 52.47583, 1.52545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Geldeston War Memorial is a Grade II listed structure made of limestone, situated within the churchyard of St Michael’s Church. It features a cross atop an octagonal shaft, which rises from an octagonal plinth. This plinth has arch-headed niches on each face, each containing raised carvings of badges, with one niche displaying the years 1914 to 1918 along with additional carvings underneath. The plinth is supported by a four-stepped octagonal base.
On the top step, beneath the dates, the inscription "THEIR NAME LIVETH" is incised, continuing on the second step with "FOR EVERMORE." The other sides of the top steps list the corresponding regiments associated with the badges in the following order: NORFOLK REGIMENTS, ROYAL NAVY, ROYAL ENGINEERS, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVES, SHERWOOD FORESTERS, SUFFOLK REG, and ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE. The names of the fallen are incised on the second step.
Local climate
Geldeston War Memorial receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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