Earsham War Memorial

First World War memorial, 1920, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Earsham war memorial is situated in front of the village hall, at the junction of The Street and Station Road.

The memorial takes the form of a polished granite wheel-head cross with a thin, tapering shaft and stepped foot. The shaft rises from a rectangular, tapering plinth with three-stepped base on a square platform. Circles are carved in relief to the arms and centre of the front (north) face of the cross-head.

The principal inscription is incised into the lower section of the shaft face and reads FOR GOD/ FOR KING/ FOR COUNTRY/ IN/ GRATEFUL/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN/ FROM EARSHAM/ WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919. The 25 names are listed underneath on the front face of the plinth; three under NAVY and 22 under ARMY. On the uppermost step is the inscription 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'. The east face of the plinth carries the inscription 1939 – 1945/ (7 NAMES).

All lettering is incised and painted black.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 20 July 2017.