NHER 54932 (Structure record) - Great Yarmouth World War II memorial

September 2010. Listred, Grade II.
Listed building description.
The war memorial was built in 1949 by F.R.B. Haward and is constructed from Portland stone in a similar style to the World War I memorial. The monument is three-sided with a walled enclosure with an open side to the east facing the main entrance to the World War I war memorial (NHER 54922). Two steps lead to a central area, paved with grey stone with a decorative band of knapped flint at its margins. The rear wall contains a central pier, with a tapered upper section and a shallow pyramidal cap on top. Similar, but lower piers are placed in both corners and at the end of each side wall. The central pier bears a dedication on a large bronze plaque with a depiction of the Great Yarmouth coat-of-arms in colour. There are small swords of sacrifice (bronze swords on stone crosses) at the end of each arm, and a bronze wreath above the central dedication plaque. The names of the fallen are inscribed on 22 bronze vertical panels: six are placed to either side of the central pier, and five on each side wall. There are two separate lists of names: those of the 619 servicemen on the east- and south-facing walls, and those of 162 civilians on the north-facing wall. A further plaque has been added on the north-facing side of the terminal pier of the southern wall, recording the six local citizens who have died subsequently in active service. A memorial has been added to the monument at the foot of the central pier, consisting of a bronze plaque on a grey granite slab. This is dedicated to Gurkha soldiers. Originally placed in a disused church in 1982, this memorial plaque was moved to its present location in April 2009.
See (S1).
S. Howard (NLA), 5 October 2010.