NHER 63890 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, North Creake

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: The churchyard, St Mary's Church, Church Road, North Creake.
Type: Floriated Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from limestone, in the form of a freestanding, canopied, floriated cross-head. It is used to commemorate seventeen members of the local community who died in World War One, and latterly nine men who died in World War Two. It is described as “rising from the moulded collar of a tall octagonal shaft. The shaft stands on a plinth, square on plan, with a broad single-stepped base below” (S1). There are inscriptions on the plinth in incised lettering. The former World War One dedication (Inscription A) is to the front face, with associated names to either side of the plinth. The latter World War Two dedication and associated names (Inscription B) are to the rear face.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Unknown
Constructed/Sculpted By: Unknown.
Cost: Unknown
Unveiled: 1920.
Inscription A: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ WHO GAVE THE VICTORY/ AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED 1920.
Inscription B: ALSO IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO DIED/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images and the War Memorials Register (S5) for images, names and additional details.
P. Beers (HES), 20 March 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 6 January 2025.

2014. Restoration.
The memorial was restored and repaired in 2014 following a grant from the Norfolk Armed Forced Community Covenant Board and King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council. See Historic England Advice Report (S2) for further details.
A. Henderson (HES), 6 January 2025.

March 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials On-line (S4) and War Memorials Register (S5).
P. Beers (HES), 20 March 2020.