Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Devon
- Town
- Cullompton
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50585
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Current location
ON NORTH WALL TOWARDS NORTH EAST END
ST ANDREWS PARISH CHURCH
Cullompton
Mid Devon
Devon
EX15 1DA
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 02177 07165
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BRASS RECTANGULAR PLAQUE ON WOODEN BACKING CANADIAN REGIMENTAL BADGE AT TOP LEFT OF PLAQUE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ GEORGE EWENS/ 43RD CAMERON HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA/ BORN IN THIS PARISH FEB 28 1890. KILLED/ NEAR COURCELETTE FRANCE SEPT 26 1916 WHILST/ REFUSING TO LEAVE HIS WOUNDED COMPANIONS/ "IN THE SIGHT OF THE UNWISE THEY SEEMED TO DIE/ BUT THEIR SOULS ARE WITH GOD AND THEY ARE AT PEACE"/ DONATED BY HIS SISTER ELLA.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ewens, George
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,relationships
Order of information: regiment,forename,place of death,year died,manner of death,relationships
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 24IN, width 15IN
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
- 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
- George Ewens
- WMO ID: 159139
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 23-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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