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Latitude: 52.6138 / 52°36'49"N
Longitude: 1.1185 / 1°7'6"E
OS Eastings: 611223
OS Northings: 306344
OS Grid: TG112063
Mapcode National: GBR TF2.1M9
Mapcode Global: WHLSF.4KWK
Plus Code: 9F43J479+GC
Entry Name: Wramplingham War Memorial
Listing Date: 1 November 2019
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1465011
ID on this website: 101465011
Location: Wramplingham, South Norfolk, NR18
County: Norfolk
District: South Norfolk
Civil Parish: Wramplingham
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War Memorial, erected around 1920, with a Second World War addition.
First World War memorial, erected around 1920, with a Second World War addition.
MATERIALS: stone.
DESCRIPTION: Wramplingham War Memorial is located in a prominent roadside position at the junction between Wymondham Road and The Street.
The memorial comprises a Latin cross on a tall shaft which tapers in square section from an hexagonal plinth atop a single-stepped hexagonal base.
The north-east face of the plinth is inscribed 1914 - 1918 with the names of the fallen inscribed below and on the other faces of the plinth.
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 at Wramplingham in Norfolk as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the seven men of the parish who lost their lives in the conflict. No records of the unveiling of the memorial have been found, though it is presumed to have been erected around 1920, as most memorials were.
Following the Second World War the name of a single parishioner who died during that conflict was added to the memorial.
Wramplingham War Memorial, erected around 1920, and dedicated to the fallen of the First and Second World Wars, 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 conflicts of the C20.
Architectural interest:
* as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial which takes the form of a simple Latin cross.
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