Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Hams
- Town
- South Brent
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25737
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Current location
St. Petroc's Church
Wellington Square
South Brent
South Hams
Devon
TQ10 9AG
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 69618 60255
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, landscape orientated memorial comprises an incised white marble tablet enclosed by an ornate alabaster frame which is further supported by two corbel stones. Resting on the top rail of the frame is a linear plinth surmounted by a carved laurel wreath adorned by a Crown. Also present, is a banner scroll bearing a short verse in red lettering. Inscription and names on tablet are infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- Above frame : FOR GOD FOR KING AND COUNTRY Tablet : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE PARISHIONERS OF / SOUTH BRENT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1919. / (27 NAMES) / (1 NAME) " Their name liveth for evermore." (1 NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Herbert
Bishop, Ernest W.
Butcher, Gilbert
Carew, Jasper
Carew, Margaret
Farleigh, Ernest
France-hayhurst, Cecil
Glanville, Hugh F.
Goss, Edwin P. M.
Gribble, Charles H.
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname, with exceptions
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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