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Latitude: 52.7055 / 52°42'19"N
Longitude: 0.6334 / 0°38'0"E
OS Eastings: 578013
OS Northings: 315231
OS Grid: TF780152
Mapcode National: GBR Q78.BYJ
Mapcode Global: WHKQN.P8T8
Plus Code: 9F42PJ4M+59
Entry Name: West Acre and District War Memorial
Listing Date: 21 October 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1439039
ID on this website: 101439039
Location: West Acre, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE32
County: Norfolk
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk
Civil Parish: West Acre
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Church of England Parish: West Acre All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: War memorial
First World War memorial with further names added after the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Millstone grit memorial and flint base.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial comprises an ornate fleur-de-lis wheel-head cross on a tapering square shaft. The shaft rises from a square plinth on a round two-stepped base. The first step is formed from four splayed stones. The whole stands on a round sloping base of flints.
The original inscription incised into the plinth is not currently legible. However, it is clear that the front face contained the dedication and that the other faces were inscribed with the names. The rear face is slightly more legible and reads 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES).
A bronze dedicatory plaque is attached to the front of the memorial and reads: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ FROM WEST ACRE, EAST WALTON/ AND GAYTON THORPE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE TWO WORLD WARS OF 1914 – 1918/ AND 1939 – 1945. THEIR NAMES ARE/ INSCRIBED ON A MEMORIAL IN THE/ CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, WEST ACRE.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 25 July 2017.
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, 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 West Acre as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by the members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War.
Following the Second World War, the names of those who lost their lives in that war were also added.
In 2006 the memorial was conserved with the help of grant aid from War Memorials Trust. At this time a bronze dedicatory plaque was added to the memorial along with a replacement base.
West Acre and District War Memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on this community, and the sacrifices it has made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: an ornate and striking fleur-de-lis wheel-head cross;
* Group value: with the Church of All Saints (Grade I), the Wooden House (Grade II) and West Acre Priory (scheduled monument).
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