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HER Number:MDV83168
Name:Ottery St Mary War Memorial

Summary

Granite cross erected in memory of the men of the parish who fell in both world wars.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 098 955
Map Sheet:SY09NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishOttery St. Mary
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishOTTERY ST.MARY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to World War II - 1918 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

GetMapping, 2010, GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV351585.

Map object based on this source.


Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, 231; OSM01 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.

One of several external war memorials in East Devon which include no names, but simply an inscription, which included no reference to the location of the names of those individuals commemorated by the memorial.


Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

'War Meml' shown. Map object based on this source.


Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25370 (Website). SDV356253.

Granite cross set on a three-stepped octagonal base. Inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 AND OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945


Unknown, 2014, With the British Army in Flanders (Website). SDV356126.

Photographs show the memorial cross in St Mary's churchyard, and close-ups of the inscription on the sides of the middle tier of the base.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV351585Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 2010. GetMapping 2010 aerial photographs. Getmapping. Photograph (Digital).
SDV355681Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital.
SDV355902Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. 231; OSM01.
SDV356126Website: Unknown. 2014. With the British Army in Flanders. http://thebignote.com. Website.
SDV356253Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25370.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Mar 28 2014 2:00PM