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Latitude: 52.867 / 52°52'1"N
Longitude: 1.1144 / 1°6'52"E
OS Eastings: 609728
OS Northings: 334485
OS Grid: TG097344
Mapcode National: GBR T9Z.6KW
Mapcode Global: WHLR8.26YG
Plus Code: 9F43V487+QQ
Entry Name: Edgefield War Memorial
Listing Date: 29 May 2018
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1455235
ID on this website: 101455235
Location: Edgefield, North Norfolk, NR24
County: Norfolk
District: North Norfolk
Civil Parish: Edgefield
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.
First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with Second World War additions.
DESCRIPTION: Edgefield War Memorial is prominently located on The Green in Norwich Road, Edgefield. It comprises a concrete pillar on a two-stepped square concrete base. The pillar supports a four-sided head made of stone and bearing polished black inscription panels. The head has a cap sculpted to appear tiled, and surmounting this is a Latin cross on a ball. The whole is surrounded by a low kerb. The inscription panels are 2004 additions, replacing the original inscriptions that were carved in relief directly onto the stone but which became weathered and illegible.
The inscription reads: TO KEEP IN REMEMBERANCE/ THE MEN OF EDGEFIELD WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ FALLEN/ (NAMES)/ THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD// WOUNDED/ (NAMES)/ UNTO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT// SERVED/ (NAMES)/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US// SERVED/ (NAMES)/ BOTH BY DAY AND NIGHT
The Second World War inscription panel which was added onto the main body of the pillar reads:1939 - 1945 / (NAMES).
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 erected in Edgefield in around 1920 as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by five local servicemen who fell in the First World War, seven wounded in the First World War and a further 28 who served in the First World War. Following the Second World War the names of local servicemen who died in that conflict were added to the memorial.
Around £2,000 was spent on the memorial in 2004, resulting in the inscriptions being replaced with affixed polished black plaques. The memorial was rededicated the same year.
Edgefield War Memorial, erected around 1920, 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.
Architectural interest:
* as a simple but well-executed pillar with a stone head surmounted by a cross.
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