Bere Ferrers War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 2017. War memorial.
Bere Ferrers War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- fading-stone-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 2017
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Bere Ferrers War Memorial, Fore Street, PL20 7JL
- OS grid reference
- SX 459 634
- Coordinates
- 50.45085, -4.1715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bere Ferrers War Memorial is located above the road on Fore Street, at the junction with the path leading to the Church of St Andrew, which is a Grade I-listed building. This memorial features a tall granite wheel-head cross that rises from a tapering square plinth, which is set on a three-stepped base and a high circular platform. The middle step has a low metal railing designed to hold wreaths and floral tributes.
The main dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads: "IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918." This is followed by the names of nine individuals. The names of other fallen soldiers are inscribed on the sides of the plinth. On the rear of the plinth, there is a dedication to the soldiers of the Second World War, which states: "WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945. IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN.'" This inscription includes the names of twenty-one individuals.
Additionally, there is a tablet shaped like a scrolled roll of honour positioned on the circular platform, leaning against the lower step of the base. This tablet commemorates the New Zealand soldiers who were killed in a tragic accident at Bere Ferrers Station on September 24th, 1917, and lists ten names. All inscriptions on the memorial are made with applied metal letters.
Local climate
Bere Ferrers War Memorial sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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