Brixham War Memorial

First and Second World War Memorial.

MATERIALS: a granite memorial with bronze plaques.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial has a two-tiered base surmounted by a square plinth. This is topped by a long shaft with a wheel cross. The front face of the cross and shaft has a carved design. A dedication is made in raised lettering at the base of shaft which reads ‘IN/ GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ OUR HEROIC/ FELLOW CITIZENS/ WHO SACRIFICED/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ WORLD WARS/ 1914 - 1919 / 1939 -1945./ THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FOR/ EVERMORE’. This dedication is replicated on the opposite side of the shaft. The plinth contains bronze plaques on each side with the names of those who died during the First and Second World Wars. The plinth is surrounded by a low iron chain-link fence on the top tier and in front small stones bearing the dates of the conflicts on each side of the memorial.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 8 December 2016.