Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Mid Devon
Town
Uffculme
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25427

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Current location

ST MARYS CHURCH
Bridge Street,
Uffculme
Mid Devon
Devon
EX15 3AX
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 06864 12724
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
WHITE INSCRIPTION TABLET FLANKED BY TWO COLUMNS WHICH SUPPORT AND TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT. SHELF AT THE BASE BELOW HICH IS AN ADDITIONAL PLAIN TABLET FOR THE WW2 NAMES. INCISED GOLD COLOURED LINES ON THE COLUMNS. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK AND GOLD LETTERING. WHOLE IS MOUNTED ONTO A DARK COLOURED BACKBOARD WREATH IN RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET WITH A BANNER BELOW IT. WREATH IS FLANKED BY THE UNION AND ST GEORGE'S FALG
Inscription
FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH,/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES)/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"/ 1939 - 1945/ THESE ALSO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alford, William Rowsell
Archer, Harry
Attewell, Percival
Authers, Albert William
Biffin, James
Biffin, William Thomas
Bradbeer, Richard James Edwin
Braddick, Herbert John
Butt, Leonard John
Clarke, Sydney T.
See details for all 43 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 36
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 36
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 6
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 6
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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