West Down War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 2019. Memorial. 2 related planning applications.
West Down War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- lone-finial-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 2019
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A First World War memorial dating from around 1920.
MATERIALS: the memorial is constructed from granite.
PLAN: the memorial stands adjacent to the path about 40m north-west of the Church of St Calixtus.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial comprises a plain Latin cross with chamfered edges set atop a tall, square, five-stepped base. The main inscription in leaded lettering on the western face of the upper step reads:
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED/ BY THE PARISHIONERS OF WEST DOWN/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919
The names of ten of the First World War fallen are given in two columns on the western face of the second step, and twelve men in three columns on the third step, beneath which is the inscription FIGHT A GOOD FIGHT.
On the southern face of the upper step is the additional inscription:
ROBERT WILLIAM DAVIS/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945.
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