HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV101142
Name:World War I Memorial Plaque, St Alban's Church, Beaworthy

Summary

Inscribed plaque on the wall of the parish church, in memory of those who gave their lives in World War I.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 461 994
Map Sheet:SX49NE
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishBeaworthy
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishBEAWORTHY

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WAR MEMORIAL (XX - 1901 AD to 2000 AD)

Full description

Walls, S., 2006, Beaworthy War Memorial Plaque in the Parish Church (Ground Photograph). SDV356248.

Photograph shows a metal plaque with a wooden frame, inscribed '1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918' and below, 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF BEARWORTHY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES' followed by six names, then 'MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS'.

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

Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25996 (Website). SDV356253.

Nowy-headed bronze plaque mounted onto a wooden backboard. Inscription in relief. Palm branches in relief at the top of the plaque with a banner and cross above them.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355681Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140780 Exact location within church unknown., ]
SDV356248Ground Photograph: Walls, S.. 2006. Beaworthy War Memorial Plaque in the Parish Church. The Materiality of Remembrance. Digital.
SDV356253Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25996.

Associated Monuments

MDV1707Part of: St Alban's Parish Church, Beaworthy (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 15 2023 12:14PM