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| HER Number: | MDV104700 |
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| Name: | Thorverton War Memorial, St Thomas a Becket's Churchyard |
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Summary
Memorial to the fallen of both World Wars.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 924 021 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS90SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Thorverton |
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| District | Mid Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | THORVERTON |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to World War II - 1914 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, THO01 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
'Memorial' marked.
Brine, M. E., 2013, War Memorials, Photo (Website). SDV351333.
1939-1945 war memorial.
Brine's photo shows a cross on a square stepped base.
NB: this source also refers to a 1914-1918 war memorial, but the link leads to an incorrect page. It is unclear whether this monument also commemmorates the fallen of the First World War.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25378 (Website). SDV356253.
Base surmounted by square plinth, tapering shaft and small wheel cross. Inscription on two sides of the plinth in black lettering, date carved onto the base.
Inscription:
6 O'CLOCK FACE: PRO PATRIA/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ 1914 1918
3 O'CLOCK FACE: 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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| SDV351333 | Website: Brine, M. E.. 2013. War Memorials. http://www.devonheritage.org/WarMemorials.htm. Website. Photo. |
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| SDV351585 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #64168 ] |
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| SDV355902 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. THO01. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25378. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 2 2014 9:24AM |
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