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Summary

Warkleigh War Memorial, Grade II listed. Unveiled in 1924 to the memory of those who died in the First World War. The names of two parishioners who fell in the Second World War were subsequently added.

Location

Protected Status

• Listed Building (II) 1465645: Warkleigh War Memorial

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to World War II - 1914 AD to 1945 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

War Memorial marked at Cockrams Butt Cross.

Historic England, 2019, Warkleigh War Memorial, Cockrams Butt, Warkleigh, Devon (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV363169.

Historic England has decided to add Warkleigh War Memorial to the List of Buildings of Special Architecture or Historic Interest. The memorial is now listed at Grade II.

Historic England, 2019, Warkleigh War Memorial, Warkleigh War Memorial, Cockrams Butt, Warkleigh, Devon (List of Blds of Arch or Historic Interest). SDV362992.

Notification that Historic England are considering the war memorial for addition to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest and have completed an initial assessment to ascertain if the structure holds special architectural or historic interest.
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration
ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both
the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and the
official policy of not repatriating the dead; memorials, therefore, provided the main focus of the
grief felt at this great loss.
One such memorial was raised at Warkleigh as a permanent testament to the sacrifice made
by the eight members of the local community who lost their lives in the First World War. A
newspaper article attributes the erection of the memorial to the untiring efforts of the local
Rector, W Vincent Jephson, MA, and notes an impressive unveiling, on 31 August 1924.
The names of the two parishioners who fell during the Second World War were subsequently
added to the memorial.
Details
War memorial cross, 1924.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from roughly-hewn Dartmoor grey granite.
PLAN: it stands on a fork on the road running north-south between Chittlehamholt and
Warkleigh.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a plain, tapering Latin cross standing on a small,
square plinth. The main inscription is in raised lettering on a polished panel at the base of the
cross shaft. It reads: ‘IN PROUD MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF WARKLEIGH / WHO GAVE /
THEIR LIVES / IN THE / GREAT WAR / IN THE CAUSE / OF JUSTICE / AND FREEDOM /
1914–1919’. The names of the eight First World War fallen are listed in two columns of raised
lettering on the front of the plinth, beneath which is the additional inscription ‘1939–1945’,
followed by two names.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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