Memorial Tablet - St Michael - Beer, Devon - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

A WWI memorial plaque in St Michael's church, Beer. It consists of English oak with carved inscription verses and names inscribed in gold lettering.

The upper WW1 board is said to be a former "gradine", originally located behind the Altar, but since adapted by the removal of a shelf and re-used as a war memorial board. Decorative features include an elaborately carved area at the curved head of the frame along with four wooden pinnacles and a carved lower frame rail. Bisecting part of the top inscription verse is a Crucifix in relief at the top of the board. Mounted on each vertical aspect of the frame is a figure, one of St. George slaying the dragon (left), the other (right) of St Michael the Archangel slaying the Devil in the form of a serpent.

The inscription reads -

LET US REMEMBER
BEFORE GOD THE MEN
FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -1919.
(NAMES)
TANTA TESTIUM NUBES.	(A great cloud of witnesses)
Sons of this place, let this of you be said,
That you who live were worthy of your dead;
These gave their lives, that you who live may reap
A richer harvest Ere you fall asleep.

Names on memorial -

Name	Rank	Parish
ABBOTT Walter Tom	Able Seaman 229498	Beer
BARTLETT Anthony	Lance Corporal 391838	Beer
CARSLAKE George	Private 20110 (formerly 13664)	Beer
CARSLAKE William	Private 241746	Beer
CLARKE Walter George Wooley	Private 24827	Beer , Budleigh Salterton
FISHER Stephen Ambrose
FRANKLIN Norman George	Seaman 4269B	Beer
GUSH Archibald Walter	2nd Corporal 66338	Beer
GUSH Charlie Cleaver	Private 36424	Beer
HARNER William John	Petty Officer Stoker 308347	Beer
HAWKER Arthur	Private 36156,	Beer
HOOKINGS William Reginald	Private 67987	Beer
LUMBARD Frank	Private 3005	Beer
MILLER Edward
MILLER Thomas Leonard	Private 23939	Beer
MUTTER Leonard Sidney
MUTTER William John
ORLEY William Robert
PALMER Arthur Percy
PERRY Heber Edward
POTTER James
RALPH Harold
RODGERS Leonard Walter Charles
WESTLAKE Herbert Edmund
WESTLAKE Richard Herman
WHITE Lawrence Arthur	Lance Corporal 18297	Beer
WILKINS Victor Alfred Jarvis	Able Seaman J30171	Beer
WOODGATE John Henry	Private G/23616	Beer

 

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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 Michael Fore Street Beer , Devon England EX12 3HT Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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