Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - St Mary - Hemyock, Devon
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N 50° 54.725 W 003° 13.813
30U E 483815 N 5640073
A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on Cornhill, Near St Mary's church, Hemyock.
Waymark Code: WMZ9Z0
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/06/2018
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A combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on Cornhill, Near St Mary's church, Hemyock.
The memorial consists of a sqaure base surmounted by a tapering plinth, shaft and wheel cross with celtic knotwork design. There is an inscription on bronze plaques on one side of the plinth and on the step.
The inscription reads:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
GRATEFUL AND AFFECTIONATE
MEMORY
OF
(NAMES)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
'LEST WE FORGET'
and on a smaller plaque on the step of the base -
THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE 1939 - 1945 WAR
(NAMES)
Names on memorial:
WWI -
BOYLAND Charles aka Charlie
BROWNING Henry
CLIST Samuel [Stone]
FARRANT Percy
FORBEAR Sidney George
FUSSELL William J
GRIFFIN James
HALL Joseph Henry
HILL Ernest [Henry]
HOLD George [James]
LOWMAN Harry
LUTLEY John Alfred
LUTLEY Thomas Edward
MOORE Edward [Harry]
NORTH W H
RIDGEWAY Walter
ROUSELL Henry
VINCENT Archibald [Robert]
WIDE Percy [Edwin]
WIDE Wilfred [James]
WWII -
ELMES, MC John Anthony
HINE Ronald Thomas
POOLEY, DFC, MiD Henry Richard
SMALL Richard James
Also 1 name from the conflict in Malaya, 1956 -
B.R. Mathews
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument: St Mary Hemyock, Devon England EX15 3RA
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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