Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Exeter
Town
Pinhoe
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25187

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Current location

IN THE CHURCHYARD
St.Michaels Church
Church Lane
Pinhoe
Exeter
Devon
EX4 9JF
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 95519 94985
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
THREE-STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE TAPERING PLINTH, SHAFT AND LATIN CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH
Inscription
IN REVERENT MEMORY OF ALL THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR GOD THEIR KING AND COUNTRY AND US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ THESE MEN DIED THE NOBLEST DEATHS THAT MEN COULD DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY FOR GOD FOR RIGHT AND LIBERTY THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Butt, Christopher
Butt, John
Clark, Harry
Finning, Leonard J
Gibbings, Archibald
Grant, William
Greenslade, Albert E
Harris, Percy
Hawkins, William
Hext, Thomas M
See details for all 21 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 23
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 23
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename
    Order of information: regiment,year died,forename,rank
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 12
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment
    Order of information: year died,rank,regiment
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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