Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Torridge
- Town
- Landcross
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 25948
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Current location
Approx. 234 metres from A388/A386 road junction,
Holy Trinity Church
Church Lane
Landcross
Torridge
Devon
EX39 5JA
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 46274 23849
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Memorial comprises a landscape orientated tablet with stop-chamfered edges and incised inscription and names, attached to a wall mounted backboard. Top edge of tablet contains mirrored pairs of concave and convex curves.
- Inscription
- + / To the Glory of God / and in honoured memory of / LANDCROSS MEN WHO SERVED IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (4 NAMES) / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PARISHIONERS & FRIENDS, AS A TOKEN / OF RESPECT FOR THEIR LOVE AND DUTY TO KING & COUNTRY.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Clarke, Herbert
Oliver, James
Oliver, Samuel John
Oliver, William
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 3
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death,
Order of information: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, manner of death,
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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