Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Devon
- Town
- Newton St. Cyres
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25336
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Current location
St. Cyr and St. Julitta Church
Church Lane
off A377
Newton St. Cyres
Mid Devon
Devon
EX5 5BN
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 87930 97993
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Arch-headed marble tablet attached to a wall mounted, portrait orientated, arch-headed black marble backboard. Incised inscription infilled with black paint, some of which, is either flaking away or missing. The dedication at the base of the tablet to his mother is intact and legible.
- Inscription
- JESUS + SAVIOUR. / IN MEMORY OF / ERNEST HENRY GODOLPHIN QUICKE / OF NEWTON HOUSE, NEWTON ST. CYRES / WHO DIED THERE ON PALM SUNDAY / MARCH 20TH. 1921, AGED 65 YEARS. / ALSO OF HIS ELDEST SON / EDWARD OWEN ST. CYRES GODOLPHIN QUICKE / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION / SUNDAY OCTOBER 25TH 1914 / AT GIVENCHY AND BURIED IN THE / BATTLEFIELD THERE, AGED 27 YEARS / BOTH GREATLY LOVED, BEING BLESSED / WITH THE GIFT OF CHARITY AND ALSO WITH / WONDROUS COURAGE, KINDNESS, AND GENEROSITY. / AND TO THE VERY DEAR MEMORY OF / ADELAIDE MARY, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE ERNEST QUICKE / WHO DIED JUNE 11TH. 1943. / " THE LORD WAS MY HELPER."
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Quicke, Edward Owen St. Cyres Godolphin
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, manner of death, date of death, place of death, place of burial, age at death, relationships
Order of information: Forenames, surname, manner of death, date of death, place of death, place of burial, age at death, relationships
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Black
- Tablet
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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