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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Mid Devon
- Town
- Culmstock
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25304
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Current location
VILLAGE CENTRE NEAR THE CHURCH
Culmstock
Mid Devon
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 103 135
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND OBELISK. WW1 INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PLINTH AND WW2 INSCRIPTION ON PLAQUE ON ANOTHER SIDE OF THE PLINTH. WHOLE STANDS ON A CONCRETED AREA AND IS ENCLOSED BY A LOW POST AND CHAIN LINK FENCE WREATH AT THE BASE OF THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF THE OBELISK
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING GALLANT MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S FREEDOM IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES) 3 O'CLOCK FACE: IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Chichester, H A
Chichester, H A
Coles, S
Coles, S
Davis, J
Davis, J
Dunn, H
Dunn, H
Ford, W H
Ford, W H
See details for all 44 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 22
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 22
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment
Order of information: rank,regiment - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname,forename,rank,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stainless Steel, Metal - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaque
- Listing information
- THE WAR MEMORIAL
- 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
- CULMSTOCK
- WMO ID: 98844
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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