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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- West Devon
- Town
- Princetown
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 30th May 1928
Attended by: National Society United States Daughters of 1812 & Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2877
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Current location
In grounds/cemetery of HMP Dartmoor
HMP Dartmoor
29 Blackabrook Avenue
Princetown
West Devon
Devon
PL20 6RR
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 58900 74200
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone gateway with dedicatory metal plaque placed on the lintel
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ THE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN/ AMERICAN SAILORS AND SOLDIERS/ OF THE WAR 1812 WHO DIED HERE/ THIS MEMORIAL GATEWAY/ IS ERECTED BY THE/ NATIONAL SOCIETY UNITED STATES/ DAUGHTERS OF 1812/ 30TH MAY 1928
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 260mm, width 420mm
Materials: Brass - Gate
Measurements: depth 75mm, height 2800mm, width 2800mm
Materials: Granite
- Plaque
- Listing information
- H M Prison Dartmoor: Commemorative Gate to the American Prisoner of War Cemetery
- 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
- Dartmoor - Gate to the American POW Cemetery
- WMO ID: 270222
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 12-02-2020]
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- History
- Wooden gate is no longer there- though iron brackets remain
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Mr. Brett Johnson, curator of HMP Dartmoor museum
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