Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- West Devon
- Town
- Spreyton
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26061
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Current location
Adjacent to Lychgate,
St. Michael's Churchyard
Dragdown Hill
Spreyton
West Devon
Devon
EX17 5AL
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 69796 96764
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Memorial, constructed of rough-hewn stone, comprises a three-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a slightly tapering, rectangular sectioned shaft with integral closed wheel cross. Arms of the cross slowly widen in an outward direction. Pinned-lead lettering forms the inscription which is positioned on a smoothen area of the front face of the middle step.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE HEROIC DEAD, WHO FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919. / THEIR NAMES ARE INSCRIBED IN THE CHURCH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Spreyton 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
- Spreyton
- WMO ID: 210077
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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