Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- West Devon
- Town
- Lewdown
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Whit Monday May 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45883
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Current location
LEFT HAND SIDE OF MAIN ROAD NEAR THE POST OFFICE
Lewdown
West Devon
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 448 867
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- DESCRIBED AS OCTAGONAL IN SHAPE
- Inscription
- TO THE VALOUR AND DEVOTION OF THE MEN OF THESE PARISHES WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bickle, T
Cockwill, J H
Dawe, R
Down, W H
Dustan, P P
Heysett, W G
Medland, G
Middleton, S
Osborne, T
Plamer, H J
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: no
Information shown: regiment,place of birth
Order of information: place of birth - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite
- Memorial
- 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
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