Horning War Memorial

First World War memorial with Second World War addition.

DESCRIPTION: Horning war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Benedict (Grade II* listed). It is situated to the east of the churchyard path leading to the church.

It takes the form of a stone Celtic wheel-head cross with carved knot-work to the cross-head and upper half of shaft. This rises from a four-sided, tapering plinth with moulded cap surmounting a single-stepped, rock-faced base. The lower half of the shaft, and the plinth, carry the inscriptions in incised lettering, painted black.

INSCRIPTION: The principal inscription is to the west face of the shaft and reads: TO THE/ GLORY/ OF GOD/ AND IN/ ENDURING/ REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN/ OF/ HORNING. The inscription continues on the plinth below, WHO FOUGHT BRAVELY AND/ SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919./ ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW PARISHIONERS/ (11 NAMES). Directly below, to the upper surface of the base are the words: MORS JANUA VITAE.

The dedication to the single casualty from the Second World War is on the north face of the plinth: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN ENDURING REMEMBRANCE/ OF/ (NAME)/ ROYAL NORFOLK REGT/ WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ WHOSOEVER SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE/ SHALL SAVE IT.

The memorial stands within a small, square gravelled area, which is a later addition.

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, 22 November 2017.