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Latitude: 52.7383 / 52°44'17"N
Longitude: 0.8962 / 0°53'46"E
OS Eastings: 595618
OS Northings: 319563
OS Grid: TF956195
Mapcode National: GBR S9W.CDR
Mapcode Global: WHLRQ.QFYL
Plus Code: 9F42PVQW+8F
Entry Name: East Bilney War Memorial
Listing Date: 3 August 2017
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1447864
ID on this website: 101447864
Location: St Mary's Church, East Bilney, Breckland, Norfolk, NR20
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
Civil Parish: Beetley
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial.
First World War memorial.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial is located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary (Grade II* listed). It takes the form of an obelisk rising from a four-sided tapering plinth on a three-stepped base.
INSCRIPTION: all lettering is incised. The inscription is on the east face of the plinth and reads: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (4 NAMES)/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO DIED SERVING THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918. To the step below is the inscription: R.I.P ,in foliate-style lettering.
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. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also 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.
One such memorial was raised at East Bilney as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. It was presumably erected not long after the end of the war and, like many Norfolk war memorials, is situated within the churchyard. The memorial commemorates the four local servicemen who fell in the First World War.
East Bilney war memorial, which is situated in St Mary’s 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 during the First World War.
Architectural interest:
* a well-executed stone obelisk.
Group Value: with the Grade II* listed Church of St Mary.
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