Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Teignbridge
Town
Ipplepen
County
Devon
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Maker
MRS DELIA WEBB (Artist)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
25907

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Current location

IPPLEPEN METHODIST CHURCH
East St
Ipplepen
Teignbridge
Devon
TQ12 5SX
England

OS Grid Ref: SX 838 668
Denomination: Methodist

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Previous locations
  • COUNCIL SCHOOL ROOM
    Ipplepen
    Teignbridge
    Devon
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
Description
HAND-WRITTEN FRAMED AND GLAZED ROLL OF HONOUR
Inscription
IPPLEPEN AND THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918./ IPPLEPEN WITH ITS POPULATION OF 768, CONTRIBUTED 181 MEN TO THE FIGHT-/ ING SERVICES./ ON THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, ON AUGUST 4TH 1914, THERE WERE 25 MEN IN THE ARMY & NAVY/ & 156 WERE RECRUITED DURING THE HOSTILITIES, THE OLDEST VOLUNTEERING AT THE AGE OF 54, AND/ THE YOUNGEST AT 14. OF THESE, 25 WERE KILLED OR DIED ON SERVICE, 29 WERE WOUNDED, & 4 WERE DECORATED FOR GALLANT SERVICES IN THE FIELD./ IPPLEPEN MEN IN THE NAVY TOOK PART IN THE ACTIONS AT THE DOGGER BANK, HELIGOLAND/ BIGHT, THE DARDANELLES, JUTLAND, OSTEND & ZEBRUGGE. THERE WERE IPPLEPEN MEN IN THE/ FIRST ARMY THAT FOUGHT AT MONS & IN THE RETREAT ON PARIS, & MEN FROM THE PARISH FOUGHT/ IN EACH OF THE WAR AREAS: FRANCE, BELGIUM, ITALY, SALONIKA, GALLIPOLI, PALESTINE, EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA, TOGOLAND, EAST AFRICA & RUSSIA./ WOMEN OF THE PARISH UNDERTOOK RED CROSS & HOSPITAL WORK: OTHERS SERVED IN QUEEN MARY'S WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS, & THE LAND WORKER'S CORPS. LOCAL WORKING-/ PARTIES SUPPLIED LARGE QUANTITIES OF SURGICAL REQUISITES & GARMENTS./ THE PARISH MADE MANY UNITED RESPONSES TO THE CALLS FOR HELP, CONTRIBUTING £150/ TO THE DEVON PATRIOTIC FUND & OTHER LARGE SUMS FOR RED CROSS WORK, FOR THE TRAINING OF/ MEN DISABLED OR BLINDED ON SERVICE, & FOR THE RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS IN SERBIA, SYRIA &/ PALESTINE, OF THE CHILDREN OF DEVESTATED AREAS, & OF PRISONERS OF WAR./ ON THE SIGNING OF PEACE THE RETURNED MEN WERE PUBLICLY ENTERTAINED./ AS MEMORIALS TO THE PARISHIONERS WHO FELL DURING THE WAR, THE ANCIENT VILLAGE CROSS WAS RESTORED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION OF £75, & A TABLET BEARING THEIR NAMES PLA/ CED IN THE PARISH CHURCH, AT A FURTHER COST OF #55./ THIS PERMANENT RECORD IS PLACED IN THE COUNCIL SCHOOL ROOM THAT AFTER GEN-/ ERATIONS MAY KNOW THE PART WHICH IPPLEPEN TOOK IN THE GREAT WAR, & THE NAMES/ OF THE MEN WHO SERVED./ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Aggett, Charles
Aggett, Edward
Aggett, Frederick
Aggett, Traderick
Austin, Alfred
Austin, Arthur
Austin, Ernest
Austin, Walter
Baker, George
Baker, Samuel
See details for all 152 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 205
    Served and returned: 181
    Died: 24
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,place of death,forename,additional
    Order of information: surname,forename,rank,regiment,place of death,additional
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 25MM, height 760MM, width 1080MM
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Site: £10 10S 0D

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Responsibility
METHODIST CHURCH

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