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HER Number:MDV107063
Name:Seaton Scouts World War I Memorial Tablet

Summary

Stone tablet in memory of the Seaton Scouts who died in World War I.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 247 905
Map Sheet:SY29SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSeaton
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSEATON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WAR MEMORIAL (World War I - 1914 AD to 1918 AD (Between))

Full description

Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, SEA02 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.


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


Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 50577 (Website). SDV356253.

Stone tablet set into the wall on the south-east side of the church by the reredos. Inscription: IN EVER GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE SEATON SCOUTS/ WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ THEY CLIMB'D THE STEEP ASCENT OF HEAV'N/ THROUGH PERIL TOIL AND PAIN/ O GOD TO US MAY GRACE BE GIVEN/ TO FOLLOW IN THEIR TRAIN
There is a Scout badge below the inscription.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355681Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66583 ]
SDV355902Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. SEA02.
SDV356253Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 50577.

Associated Monuments

MDV14034Part of: St. Gregorys Church, Seaton (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 20 2014 3:42PM

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