Throwleigh War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 2019. War memorial.

Throwleigh War Memorial

WRENN ID
steep-soffit-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 2019
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, with later additions.

MATERIALS: constructed of granite.

DESCRIPTION: comprising a plain Latin cross with a gently tapering octagonal shaft on a two-tiered rectangular plinth and single-stepped square base.

The main inscription in leaded lettering on the lower tier of the plinth reads: (west face) TO THE GLORY OF THE UNDIVIDED/ TRINITY IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914-1918; (north face) ETERNAL REST GRANT TO THEM/ O LORD, AND LET LIGHT/ PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM; (east face) PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF THOSE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ ESPECIALLY/ (2 NAMES); (east face, upper tier) VIA CRUCIS; (south face) HOLY MARY MOTHER OF GOD/ PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW/ AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH/ AMEN. An additional inscription on the upper tier of the plinth reads: (south face) 1939/ (2 NAMES)/ 1945.

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