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| HER Number: | MDV106903 |
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| Name: | Northam World War I Memorial, St Margaret's Church |
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Summary
Large memorial board in remembrance of those who died in World War I.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 448 290 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS42NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Northam |
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| District | Torridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTHAM |
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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., 2006, Northam World War I Memorial Board in Parish Church (Ground Photograph). SDV356583.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 21651 (Website). SDV356253.
Nowy-headed reredos with a gold cross centrally and two panels each side with the names. Around the gross is a gold painted border of intertwined grapes. Around the whole reredos and panels is a gold lined border.
Inscriptions:
Top: ROLL OF HONOUR /THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/
Below left panels: O SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG FOR HE HATH/ DONE MARVELOUS THINGS HIS RIGHT HAND AND/ HOLY ARM HATH GOTTEN HIM THE VICTORY.
Below centre panel: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
Below right panels: DEATH IS SWOLLOWED UP IN VICTORY THANKS/ BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY/ THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
At lower edge: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #66414 ] |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 21651. |
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| SDV356583 | Ground Photograph: Walls, S.. 2006. Northam World War I Memorial Board in Parish Church. The Materiality of Remembrance. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV14991 | Part of: Northam, St. Margaret's (Building) |
| MDV106910 | Related to: Northam War Memorial (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 1 2014 3:22PM |
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