Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Devon
- Town
- Spreyton
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26062
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Current location
St. Michael's Church
Dragdown Hill
Spreyton
West Devon
Devon
EX17 5AL
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 69738 96723
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two, associated wall mounted, landscape orientated, chamfer-edged tablets. Pinned-lead lettering, form the inscriptions and names detail on both tablets. The upper and larger Great War tablet incorporates a nowy-headed top along with rebated sides and base. Also, the initial inscription verses follow the contour of the nowy head. The lower, much smaller WW2 tablet incorporates rebating to all four sides. Just one name with age at death is shown on the tablet.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet : IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY / OF THOSE WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. / (16 NAMES) / FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH. Lower tablet : 1939 - 1945 / (1 NAME) / AGE 44
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aysh, William
Brook, Thomas
Brooks, Thomas
Bruce, Charles W
Davey, Cecil J. C.
Hansford, Robert A
Harris, Percy
Harvey, William
Howard, Ernest
Lee, Thomas
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, age at death
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, age at death
Order of information: Forename, surname, age at death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablets
- 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
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