Grimston War Memorial

Heritage listing

Details The about 4.5m tall stone war memorial is located in the south-west corner of the churchyard of the Church of St Botolph (Grade I), near to the junctions of Gayton Road (B1153) and Watery Lane and opposite the Grade II-listed School and Church Hill Cottages. It comprises a blind wheel-head cross with finely worked concentric grooves and foliate relief carvings on the cross head, on a tapering shaft, octagonal in cross-section. The cross shaft terminates in a tiered, moulded foot surmounting an octagonal plinth with simple foot, on a three-stepped octagonal base The plinth bears the inscriptions on each of the eight faces in incised but filled lettering. The principle dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth reads IN/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF ALL WHO WENT FORTH/ FROM THIS PARISH/ AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919. The commemorated First World War names are listed on six faces (with an incised rectangle where Albert Sayer's details have been cut out) whilst the later Second World War dedication, on the rear face, reads ALSO THE WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ THEIR NAME LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ (2 NAMES).

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.