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Latitude: 52.7404 / 52°44'25"N
Longitude: 0.5144 / 0°30'51"E
OS Eastings: 569839
OS Northings: 318833
OS Grid: TF698188
Mapcode National: GBR P5D.4WB
Mapcode Global: WHKQD.WC4Y
Plus Code: 9F42PGR7+5Q
Entry Name: Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial
Listing Date: 15 February 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1442314
ID on this website: 101442314
Location: All Saints' Church, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE32
County: Norfolk
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Civil Parish: Leziate
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, c.1920, with Second World War additions.
MATERIALS: rough-hewn grey granite.
DESCRIPTION: Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial is located in the churchyard of All Saints’ Church, Church Lane, Ashwicken, Norfolk. It is prominently situated to the right of the church porch. It comprises a wheel-head cross on a plinth with a single-stepped base. It has a smooth face to the front of plinth bearing inscriptions in leaded lettering.
The inscription is in leaded lettering and reads: TO THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM THE PARISHES OF/ ASHWICKEN. BAWSEY & LEZIATE/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAME).
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. 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.
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England, both as a result of the huge impact the loss of three quarters of a million British lives had on communities and the official policy of not repatriating the dead, which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
Ashwicken memorial, like many Norfolk war memorials, was situated within the churchyard. The memorial was presumably erected, c.1920. The memorial represents the fallen from the villages of Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate. It commemorates nine local servicemen who fell in the First World War and one who fell in the Second World War.
Ashwicken, Bawsey and Leziate War Memorial, which is situated in All Saints’ Churchyard, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design: as a simple but well-executed granite cross;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade II*).
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