NHER 64713 (Structure record) - World War One memorial with World War Two additions, South Lopham

World War One Memorial with World War Two Additions
Location: Junction of Church Road with The Street (A1066), South Lopham.
Type: Cross Fleuree
Description:
The memorial is constructed from Portland stone, in the form of a freestanding cross fleurée. It is used to commemorate ten members of the local community who died in World War One, and latterly two men who died in World War Two. It is described as “on a tapering, octagonal shaft with a moulded collar. The shaft foot, square on plan, is ornamented with small foliage carvings at the corners and a moulded base. The cross rises from a four-sided capped and corniced pedestal. Foliage designs are carved in low relief on the sloping surfaces of the cap”, with rectangular stone panels to the faces of the pedestal, each with concave corners (S1). Below the pedestal is a two-stepped base. Additional reliefs are noted to the south-east faces. One is a “carving of a small laurel wreath between crossed and painted Union Flags” above the panel on the pedestal (S1). A second is below the pedestal, to the chamfered edge on the south-east face of the lower step, in the form of a low relief carving of a rifle. There are also inscriptions in incised lettering, painted black. The former World War One dedication starts to the panel on the south-east face of the pedestal, along with ten associated names (Inscription A), and continues within a recessed panel to the upper step of the base (Inscription B). The latter World War Two dedication is to the panel on the south-west face of the pedestal, along with two associated names (Inscription C). The whole is set within enclosure of eight stone posts linked by a spiked chain.
Proposed: Date unknown.
Designed by: Messrs J. Cooley and Son of Diss
Constructed/Sculpted By: Messrs J. Cooley and Son of Diss.
Cost: Around £200, raised by public subscription.
Unveiled: 2 October 1921 by Prince Frederick Duleep Singh and dedicated by the Reverend C. J. Eastwood.
Inscription A: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOUTH LOPHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918./ (NAMES).
Inscription B: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
Inscription C: IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF SOUTH LOPHAM/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).
Information from Listing Description (S1) and Historic England Advice Report (S2).
See War Memorials On-line (S4) for images, the War Memorials Register (S5) and volunteer website (S6) for images, names and additional details, and 1921 newspaper article (S7).
P. Beers (HES), 15 March 2021. Amended A. Henderson (HES), 20 January 2025.

2011. Addition.
A further name was added for a man who died in World War Two but was originally omitted.
Information from Listing Description (S1).
P. Beers (HES), 15 March 2021.

July 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), 15 March 2021.