Brockdish War Memorial, Brockdish, Norfolk

Entry Name: Brockdish War Memorial

Listing Date: 15 August 2017

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1448376

ID on this website: 101448376

Location: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Brockdish, South Norfolk, IP21

County: Norfolk

District: South Norfolk

Civil Parish: Brockdish

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Tagged with: War memorial

Summary

First and Second World War memorial. Erected around 1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

Description

First and Second World War memorial. Erected c1920 with the names of the Fallen of the Second World War added after 1945.

MATERIALS: carved in Portland stone.

DESCRIPTION: Brockdish war memorial is located in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul Church, Church Lane, Brockdish, Norfolk. It is prominently situated by the churchyard path near to the church porch. It comprises a gothic floriated cross on a slender, tapering, collared, octagonal shaft, atop a tall, four-sided plinth with gabled panels, on a three-stepped octagonal base. A slanted footstone was added in front of the plinth on top of the uppermost octagonal base step, in memory of the fallen of the Second World War. The plinth bears the inscriptions in incised and black-painted lettering.

INSCRIPTION: the inscription reads: TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THOSE WHO FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 – 18/ THEIR NAME WILL LIVE FOR / EVERMORE // (NAMES)/ / ALSO / TO THOSE WHO FELL IN / THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 – 45 / (NAMES).

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 September 2017.

History

The aftermath of the First World War saw an unprecedented wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country, 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.

One such memorial was raised at Brockdish c1920, as permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. A fund was started in April 1919, and raised over £100. The memorial was erected in the churchyard, and commemorates 21 servicemen. An additional two names were added after the Second World War.

Reasons for Listing

Brockdish War Memorial, which is situated in St Peter and St Paul 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 an elegant and well-executed gothic stone cross;
* Group Value: with the Grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul and the Grade II listed Rectory.

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