Weare Giffard War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. Memorial.

Weare Giffard War Memorial

WRENN ID
gilded-gravel-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Country
England
Type
Memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1921, with later additions for the Second World War.

MATERIALS: granite.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial stands beside the gateway to the churchyard, close to the Church of the Holy Trinity (Grade I) and a short distance from the Humphreys monument (Grade II). The memorial comprises a wheel-head cross with a rough-hewn tapering shaft on a square tapering pedestal atop a substantial stone platform. The memorial is carved from pale grey granite.

The main inscription in leaded lettering reads: (south face) FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 – 1918/ 1939 – 1945/ (1 NAME), (west face) (6 NAMES), (east face) (5 NAMES).

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