Memorial

Wiggenhall St Germans - WW1 and WW2

Wiggenhall St Germans

Source: John Bastock

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Current Location

St German's Churchyard, Saint Germans Lane, off Lynn Road, Wiggenhall St Germans, Kings Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE34 3EY, England

TF 59670 14033

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 60098
Description: Rectangular foundation stone supporting a single-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a tapering, rectangular, sectioned plinth and rectangular, sectioned Latin cross. Incised inscriptions and WW1 names on plinth, WW2 on the upper step, all infilled with black paint. The whole memorial is surrounded by a gravel border which, in turn, is enclosed by low kerbstones.
Inscription: 6 o'clock plinth face: TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN/ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAT THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"./ ST. JOHN. XV - 13. 9 o'clock plinth face: THE GREAT WAR /1914 - 1919 6 o'clock step face: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)

Cross

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1458450

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