Dawlish War Memorial

First World War Memorial, unveiled in 1921, further names added following later conflicts.

MATERIALS: grey Devonshire granite with bronze and polished marble plaques.

DESCRIPTION: a square base surmounted by a square two-tier plinth, a square shaft and a Latin cross. The original dedication is on a bronze plaque on the north face of the plinth's top tier and it reads: ‘ERECTED/TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF DAWLISH/ WHO FELL DURING THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918’. The names of the Fallen of the First World War are found on the bronze plaque below and on the west face. The east face includes a bronze plaque commemorating the names of those who died during the Second World War. Two polished-marble plaques have been added to the south face of the plinth to commemorate members of the armed forces who have died in conflicts since 1945. The dedication reads: ’THOSE WHO HAVE/ FALLEN FIGHTING FOR/ FREEDOM IN THE/ BRITISH ARMED FORCES/ SINCE 1945’.

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.