Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Torridge
- Town
- Appledore
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: November 1949
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26050
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Current location
Adjacent to St. Mary's Churchyard,
Appledore War Memorial
Churchfield Road
Appledore
Torridge
Devon
EX39 1RL
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 46461 30638
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Five-stepped square base surmounted by a two-stage square sectioned plinth, incorporating an overhanging mould-edged capstone and tapering square sectioned obelisk. Inscriptions on all four faces of upper and lower stages of plinth. Incised inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- Front upper face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / APPLEDORE HEROES / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 - 1918 / NAVY / (11 NAMES) / Front lower face : NAVY 1939 - 1945 / (10 NAMES) Left upper face : ARMY / (28 NAMES) / Left lower face : ARMY 1939 - 1945 / (8 NAMES) Right upper face : MERCANTILE MARINE / (16 NAMES) / (2 NAMES, ARMY) Right lower face : R.A.F. 1939 - 1945 / (4 NAMES) Rear upper face : MERCANTILE MARINE / (16 NAMES) / Rear lower face : MERCHANT NAVY 1939 - 1945 / (10 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Robert E. L.
Ciciarelli, Marino
Cook, George
Cork, Thomas E.
Cork, William
Curtis, James
Davies, Frederick
Galsworthy, Edgar
Glidden, Bert
Gregory, Arthur
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 73
Served and returned: 0
Died: 73
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Service type, forename, surname
Order of information: service type, surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 32
Served and returned: 0
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Service type, forename, surname
Order of information: service type, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- Appledore War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Appledore
- WMO ID: 198186
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- BIDEFORD GAZETTE 18 NOV 1949
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