Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Mid Devon
- Town
- Crediton
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25293
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Current location
Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and the Mother of Him Who Hung Thereon
Church Street
Crediton
Mid Devon
Devon
EX17 2AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 83627 00155
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Holy Cross Church
Crediton
Mid Devon
Devon
EX17 2AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 83627 00155
Denomination: Church of England
- Holy Cross Church
- Description
- ORGAN WITH DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE AND WOODEN ROLL OF HONOUR BOARD. PLAQUE IS RECTANGULAR WITH CARVED OUT LETTERING. BOARD HAS CANOPIED TOP AND NAMES IN PAINTED WHITE LETTERING IN THREE COLUMNS. AT THE BASE IS THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE WITHIN A GLAZED CASE RED ENAMELLED CROSS WITHIN A CROWN ON THE PLAQUE
- Inscription
- PLAQUE: THIS ORGAN WAS ERECTED IN 1921 TO/ THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CREDITON WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR THEIR NAMES/ ARE RECORDED ON THE TABLET IN THE/ SOUTH AISLE/ "ONLY THOSE ARE CROWNED AND SAINTED/ WHO WITH GRIEF HAVE BEEN ACQUAINTED/ MAKING NATINOS NOBLER, FREER." BOARD: CREDITON PARISH/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ FORGET US NOT O LORD FOR WHICH WE FELL/ BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 138
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 138
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- Crediton Church Organ
- WMO ID: 154596
- Condition: Good [last updated on 28-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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