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HER Number:MDV107100
Name:Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Memorial Tablet, Totnes Guildhall

Summary

Tablet in memory of the members of the Devon 1st Yeomanry who fell in World War I.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 802 605
Map Sheet:SX86SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishTotnes
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishTOTNES

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, TOT50 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.


Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 26051 (Website). SDV356253.

Rectangular tablet. Badge of the Royal !st Devon Yeomanry above text between the years of the war.
Inscription: 1914 - 1918/ ROYAL 1ST DEVON YEOMANRY/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/ SURVIVING MEMBERS OF/ C. SQUADN. ROYAL 1ST DEVON YEOMANRY/ (WHOSE HEADQUARTERS WERE IN THIS TOWN)/ TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF/ THEIR FALLEN COMRADES IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ GALLIPOLI EGYPT PALESTINE FRANCE

Sources / Further Reading

SDV355902Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. TOT50.
SDV356253Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 26051.

Associated Monuments

MDV9085Part of: Guildhall, Guildhall Yard, Totnes (Building)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:May 28 2014 3:18PM