Summary
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919.
Description
First World War memorial, unveiled and dedicated in 1919.
MATERIALS: of Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in the churchyard to the Church of the Holy Trinity and All Saints (listed Grade I), c3.6m to the south of the church's south porch. It comprises a Celtic wheel-head cross with a tall shaft that rises and tapers in rectangular section from a trapezoidal plinth with polished surfaces for the leaded inscriptions. It stands on a single-step base of granite, below which is a two-stepped concrete sub base.
The dedicatory inscription is on the plinth's west face and reads ‘THIS MEMORIAL / WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE MEN / OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 – 1918’. The south face records the names of 12 local servicemen who died while the north face records a further six names.
History
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: therefore the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised in the Norfolk parish of Winterton-on-Sea on 5 July 1919 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by 18 local service men. It was erected in the churchyard to Church of Holy Trinity and All Saints (listed Grade I), being unveiled by Mrs R Acland and dedicated by the Rector, Reverend WA Green.
Reasons for Listing
Winterton-on-Sea War Memorial, erected in 1919, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
Historic interest:
* as an eloquent witness to the tragic impacts of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it made in the conflict of the First World War.
Architectural interest:
* as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a Celtic wheel-head cross atop a trapezoidal plinth.
Group value:
* with the neighbouring Church of Holy Trinity and All Saints (listed Grade I).
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