Upton Pyne 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.
Upton Pyne War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-tallow-jay
- 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 in 1920, altered following the Second World War.
MATERIALS AND PLAN: the memorial is constructed of pale grey Devon granite. It stands in the churchyard, beside the entrance to the Church of Our Lady and a short distance from a late medieval churchyard cross.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a plain Latin cross with a gently tapering shaft on a substantial square plinth and two-stepped octagonal base. It is approximately 3.65m high.
The main inscription on the west face of the plinth reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THIS CROSS IS ERECTED IN PROUD AND/ GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN OF/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR COUNTRY AND HOME IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE.
A further inscription on the south face of the plinth reads:
2ND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAME).
Detailed Attributes
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