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| HER Number: | MDV86718 |
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| Name: | Rattery World War I Memorial |
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Summary
Memorial cross in memory of those who died in World War I.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 740 615 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX76SW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Rattery |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | RATTERY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WAR MEMORIAL (World War I to XX - 1918 AD to 1938 AD (Between))
Full description
Bluesky, 2006 - 2007, Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV341189.
Map object based on this source.
Walls, S., 2010, The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials in Devon, RAT01 (Post-Graduate Thesis). SDV355902.
Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.
Map object based on this source.
Imperial War Museum, 2014, War Memorials Archive, 25651 (Website). SDV356253.
Granite cross with two stepped square base surmounted by tapered plinth, tapered shaft and wheel cross. Inscription:
SIDE ONE: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18
SIDE TWO: (NAMES)
SIDE THREE: THEY WERE READY/ EITHER TO LIVE/ OR TO DIE/ NOBLY/ R.I.P.
Unknown, 2014, With the British Army in Flanders (Website). SDV356126.
Photographs show the war memorial beside the path to the church tower, and close-ups of the inscriptions.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV341189 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky. 2006 - 2007. Bluesky aerial photographs 2006 - 2007. Bluesky. Photograph (Digital). |
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| SDV355681 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2014. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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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. RAT01. |
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| SDV356126 | Website: Unknown. 2014. With the British Army in Flanders. http://thebignote.com. Website. |
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| SDV356253 | Website: Imperial War Museum. 2014. War Memorials Archive. www.ukniwm.org.uk. Website. 25651. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 31 2014 10:28AM |
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