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| HER Number: | MDV106894 |
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| Name: | Modbury War Memorials, St George's Church |
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Summary
The memorials in St George's church include a memorial board, rolls of honour in the forms of a board and a book, a small memorial table, and a First World War memorial lectern.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 656 515 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65SE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Modbury |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MODBURY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to World War II - 1914 AD to 1945 AD)
Full description
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, 120-1, 175, 179; Figures 5.15, 5.50; MOD02-06 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
The memorials in St George's church include a memorial board, rolls of honour in the forms of a board and a book, a small memorial table which includes a laurel wreath, and a First World War memorial lectern, which includes the most complex decorative mix amongst utilitarian memorials, by not only having complex carved floral borders, a cross on the front, sword and crest on the east side, but also a further cross, crown of life and laurel wreath on the west side.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Unknown, 2014, With the British Army in Flanders (Website). SDV356126.
Photographs show a small wooden memorial board with crucifix above it. The inscription in red lettering reads'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/1914 - 1918'. This is followed by four columns of names in black lettering, then the dates '1939 - 1945' followed by a further nine names. At the bottom is 'R.I.P'.
Other photographs show a much larger wooden roll of honour in black and red lettering, above the memorial table. This inscription reads 'MEN AND WOMEN OF THE PARISH OF MODBURY WHO/SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY DURING THE WARS/1914 - 1918' followed by names, then '1939 - 1945' followed by names. There are 8 columns of names, men first with women on the end of the right hand column.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66404 ] |
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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. 120-1, 175, 179; Figures 5.15, 5.50; MOD02-06. |
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| SDV356126 | Website: Unknown. 2014. With the British Army in Flanders. http://thebignote.com. Website. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV5065 | Part of: St George's Church, Modbury (Building) |
| MDV91330 | Related to: Modbury War Memorial Obelisk (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 1 2014 9:43AM |
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