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Salthouse (WWI & WWII)

The Salthouse war memorial cross stands in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church. Inscriptions are carved on the plinth upon which the cross rests.   

Over the years the memorial had suffered degradation from high winds, sea salt and frost. In particular the names of the 17 villagers were fading away. The raised lettering on the soft limestone plinth had eroded. War Memorials Trust donated £200.00 towards restoring the memorial including the incising of 330 letters of the names of the fallen in a stronger Clipsham stone. This has emant that the original inscriptions were replaced enabling the community to move later names onto the main memorial.

The memorial records fallen from World War I, World War II and Korea.  

The inscription on the north side of the plinth read:

To the Glory of God
and in memory of
the men of Salthouse
who gave their lives
during the Great War
1914 - 1918

Their names liveth evermore

Around the remaining three sides were recorded the First World War fallen:

Edgar Cobbold
Robert Cobbold
David Cooke
Sydney Dix
Thomas N. Dix

Japer T. Dawson
Edmund P. High
William Hinnells
Brandon Holman

Ernest J. Leman
Sydney Leman
Frank R. Ramm
Herbert Wall

Tablets at the foot of the memorial recorded:

And to those who died 
1939 - 1945
Philip John Dawson
Stanley Holman

Korean War
1952
Herbert William Graveling

Following work on the memorial the four faces now read:

To the Glory of God 
and in memory of
the Men of Salthouse
who gave their lives
during Two World Wars
and in Korea
Their name liveth for
evermore

1914 - 1918
Edgar Cobbold
Robert Cobbold
David Cooke
Sydney Dix
Thomas N. Dix
Japer T. Dawson
Edmund P. High 

1914 - 1918
William Hinnells
Brandon Holman
Ernest J. Leman
Sydney Leman
Frank R. Ramm
Herbert Wall 

1939 - 1945
Philip John Dawson
Stanley Holman

Korea 1950 - 53
Herbert William Graveling

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM2534
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 20193

Formerly OWM41

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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