Memorial

Shotesham

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Current Location

Village Green, The Street, Shotesham, South Norfolk, Norfolk, NR15 1YJ, England

TM 24637 99047

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 20224
Description: Three-stepped octagonal base incorporating overhanging top faces surmounted by a mould-footed, square sectioned plinth, square to octagonal sectioned boss followed by a tapering octagonal sectioned shaft and integrated cross with floriated terminal ends. Incised inscriptions and WW2 names on plinth faces. Incised WW1 names on step riser faces. The whole memorial is surrounded by gravel work and stands on an octagonal shaped raised platform retained by a brick and stone wall.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE / OF / THE SHOTESHAM MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1919 // 12 o'clock plinth face: IN THE SIGHT OF THE / UNWISE THEY SEEMED / TO DIE / BUT THEY ARE IN PEACE // 9 o'clock plinth face: ALSO OF / (3 NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 // Step riser faces: (WW1 NAMES)

Maker(s): Henry Leicester Hicks of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Sponsored By: The cross was to be paid for by subscription
Maintenance History: 1995: Insription not legible due to verdigris on the memorial. / Restored and listed Grade II by Historic England in 2010