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| HER Number: | MDV106806 |
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| Name: | Halwell World War II War Memorial Board, St Leonard's Church |
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Summary
Wooden memorial board in memory of three men who died in World War II.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 777 532 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX75SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Halwell and Moreleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HALWELL |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War II - 1939 AD to 1945 AD (Between))
Full description
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, 117-18; Figure 5.13d; HAL03 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
The internal war memorials of the South Hams are also largely constructed from oak and other dark hardwoods, although lighter coloured woods became more widely used in the commemoration of the Second World War, as at St. Leonard's Church, Halwell.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Unknown, 2014, With the British Army in Flanders (Website). SDV356126.
Photographs show the World War II memorial board placed immediately beneath the World War I memorial board. It is a simple rectangular wooden board with the inscription '1939 WORLD WAR 1945' followed by three names and either RAF or RN, then 'THEY DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE'.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66319 ] |
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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. 117-18; Figure 5.13d; HAL03. |
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| SDV356126 | Website: Unknown. 2014. With the British Army in Flanders. http://thebignote.com. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV7632 | Part of: Halwell, St Leonard (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 22 2014 3:34PM |
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