Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- East Devon
- Town
- Axminster
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25240
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Current location
All Saints Church
Smallridge Lane
Axminster
East Devon
Devon
EX13 7LX
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 30488 01139
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, elaborately framed white marble tablet with shelf above and brackets below. Incised inscription and names on tablet infilled with black paint. Lower frame inscription in gilt lettering.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God / and in honour of those from this Parish / who fell in the Great War 1914 -18. / (17 NAMES) // DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banfield, George
Baston, Ernest
Baston, William
Charles, George
Chubb, John
Cousins, Sidney
Denslow, Reginald
Holmes, Cyril
Holmes, Sidney
Limbard, Charles
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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