Higher Tale War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2019. War memorial.

Higher Tale War Memorial

WRENN ID
small-forge-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A First World War Memorial, erected around 1920

MATERIAL: granite.

DESCRIPTION: Higher Tale War Memorial stands on the grass verge at the junction of two lanes near Higher Tale Farm. It takes the form of a rough-hewn granite obelisk rising from a tapering plinth, square on plan, on a square base.

The east face of the plinth is smooth in comparison and bears the incised inscription TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ SERGT HENRY PRATT/ CAN MGC/ COY SERGT MAJOR WILLIAM PRATT/ 3RD BATT TORONTO REGT/ OF THIS PLACE/ 1914 – 1918. The north face of the plinth reads THY WILL BE DONE. The south face reads INTERRED IN FRANCE

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