Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mid Devon
- Town
- Withleigh
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25411
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Current location
ST CATHERINES CHURCH
Plainfield Lane
Withleigh
Mid Devon
Devon
EX16 4DL
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 90895 12649
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- NOWY-HEADED WOODEN BOARD DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS BY CARVED COLUMNS. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, NAMES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND SWORD IN RELIEF IN THE CENTRE. TRACERY CARVED AT THE TOP OF THE BOARD
- Inscription
- left side: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY/ OF THOSE/ WHO WENT OUT/ HEREFROM/ AND CAME NOT BACK/ 1914 - 1919/ "They were a wall unto us/ both by night and by day" right side (13 names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blake, Wliiam Henry
Chown, Frank
Foxford, John
Green, Francis Richard
Greenslade, William Thomas
Howe, Andrew
Leach, Francis
Paddinson, George Mitford
Paddison, Henry Jepson
Reed, Reginald Thomas
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, forenames, surname, regiment, decorations
Order of information: alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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 - Responsibility
- Church authorities / Parochial Church Council (PCC)
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