Yealmpton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. Memorial.
Yealmpton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- calm-step-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Country
- England
- Type
- Memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands in a prominent roadside location at the northern edge of St Bartholomew's churchyard, fronting onto Fore Street. Part of the churchyard wall has been removed to create a three-sided, stone walled, open-fronted, paved enclosure in which the memorial stands.
The memorial comprises a simple wheel-head cross of Cornish granite set atop a tapering plinth and a three-stepped base.
The main inscription is in leaded lettering on the front (northern) face of the plinth and reads: TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THE PARISH WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ (18 NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS).
The front face of the upper step of the base bears the additional inscription: ALSO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (11 NAMES IN THREE COLUMNS).
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