Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Devon
- Town
- Shirwell
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25678
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Shirwell
North Devon
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 598 375
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- METAL PLAQUE WITH INCISED INSCRIPTION. INCISED FOLIATE BORDER
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ (NAMES)/ "REQUIESCANT IN PACE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Booth, W M James
Dyer, Frank
Friend, Ernest Wm
Friend, Thomas Wilton
Gammon, George
Gould, Albert Edward
Jewell, George
Platt, Horace G
Platt, John R
Shaxton, Thomas
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,surname,forename,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
- Grade I
- 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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