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| HER Number: | MDV81772 |
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| Name: | Vimy Ridge Door Knocker, St Peter and St Paul's Church |
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Summary
Door knocker, retrieved from an enemy trench at Vimy Ridge, at the entrance to the church.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SY 324 935 |
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| Map Sheet: | SY39SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Uplyme |
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| District | East Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | UPLYME |
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Protected Status
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, 366-7; Figure 6.37c; UPL02 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
Those examples of relics which have been retained in Devon do not usually take the forms of weaponry, or even objects associated to these weapons, but instead the mundane. For example the door knocker in the entrance to St. Peter and St. Paul,s Church, retrieved from an enemy trench at Vimy Ridge in the First World War.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25431 (Website). SDV356253.
Cross of iron used as a door knocker. Inscription: "FOUND IN DOOR OF A DUGOUT BEHIND THE GERMAN LINES AFTER BRITISH ATTACKED VIMY RIDGE EASTER 1917. PRESENTED BY THE BATTERY COMMANDER WHOSE GUNS OCCUPIED THE POSITION."
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #108173 ] |
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| SDV355902 | Post-Graduate Thesis: Walls, S.. 2010. The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon. University of Exeter. Digital. 366-7; Figure 6.37c; UPL02. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25431. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV15266 | Part of: Uplyme, St Peter and St Paul's (Building) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 29 2014 10:00AM |
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