NHER 63902 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, Roydon

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: Churchyard of the Church of St Remigius, High Road (A1066), Roydon.
Type: Wheel-head Cross
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Portland stone, in the form of a freestanding wheel-head cross. It is used to commemorate nineteen local servicemen who died in World War One, and latterly a further three men who died in World War Two. It is described as 3.2m tall “on a four-sided shaft with slightly chamfered edges and moulded foot, atop a tapering four-sided plinth and two-stepped base” (S1). There is an inscription on one face the plinth in incised lettering, painted black (S4).
Proposed: 06 May 1919 at the Council Schoolroom chaired by E.C. Hayward
Designed by: Cooley and Son
Constructed/Sculpted By: Cooley and Son, stonemasons of Diss.
Cost: £35.
Unveiled: 03 October 1920 (dedicated by the Rector, the Reverend H.C. Frere). A secondary unveiling took place after World War Two on 05 September 1948 (by R.S. Copeman (Chairman of the Parish Council), and rededicated by the Rector, the Reverend W.R.J. Higgitt).
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ AND IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials Register (S4) for images, names and additional details, and 1919-1948 newspaper articles (S5), (S6), and (S7).
P. Beers (HES), 18 April 2020. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 13 January 2025.

May 2018. Listed. Grade II.
See Listing Description (S1), Advice Report (S2) and Consultation Report (S3) for details.
See also War Memorials Register (S4).
P. Beers (HES), 18 April 2020.