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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- North Devon
- Town
- Barnstaple
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25468
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Current location
Park Community School
Park Lane
Barnstaple
North Devon
Devon
EX32 9AX
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 56446 32026
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WOODEN BOARD DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. WW1 NAMES ARE CARVED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND WW2 NAMES ARE CARVED ON THE LARGER SECTION ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. CARVED SCHOOL CREST WITH MOTTO ON BANNER BENEATH IT ABOVE EACH INSCRIPTION. FOLIATE DESIGN CARVED AT THE TOP AND FLOWER BOSSES CARVED AT THE SIDE
- Inscription
- LEFT HAND SIDE: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEM/ ORY OF THE VALOUR AND ENDUR/ ANCE OF THE OLD BOYS OF THIS/ SCHOOL WHO FOUGHT IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919, ESPECIALLY/ WOULD WE KEEP IN MIND/ (NAMES)/ WHO BOUGHT OUR FREE-/ DOM WITH THEIR LIVES/ "GREATER LOVE HATH/ NON MAN THAN THIS" RIGHT HAND SIDE: IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THE BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bale, Reginald
Buckingham, Stanley
Fear, Leslie
Perrin, Charles
Squire, Arthur
Trick, Samuel
Verset, Emile
See details for all 7 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 55
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- 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
- Park Community School Honours Board
- WMO ID: 248474
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 08-09-2017]
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- History
- 1998: ROLL OF HONOUR RELOCATED INTO THE SCHOOL FOYER
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- HEADTEACHER
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