Lt John Manners - Clovelly, Devon - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

"A white stone monument comprising a cross of octagonal cross section on a battered and bevelled octagonal pedestal, a battered octagonal plinth and a circular base. The whole is mounted on a platform faced with large beach cobbles and resembling a circular wall. The inscription on the plinth is in raised bold lettering. The base is decorated with an incised peacock on the 6'clock face and the inscription is incised in upright capital Roman lettering.

Inscription

6 o'clock face of plinth: TE DEUM/ LAUDAMUS

Anticlockwise around circular base: TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN MANNERS LIEUTENANT IN THE GRENADIER GUARDS THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF A DEARLY LOVED SISTER THIS/ CROSS IS DEDICATED BY CHRISTINE HAMLYN HE FELL IN COMBAT WITH THE GERMANS IN THE WOODLAND OF VILLERS COTTERETS FRANCE/ ON THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER 1914 AND LIES WITH HIS COMRADES OF A DEVOTED REARGUARD AT PEACE IN THE SILENCE OF THE FOREST."

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