Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Hams
- Town
- Holne
- County
- Devon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45985
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Current location
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Holne
South Hams
Devon
England
OS Grid Ref: SX 700 690
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- THREE STEPPED SQUARE BASE SURMOUNTED BY THREE STEPPED OCTAGONAL BASE, OCTAGONAL PLINTH, SHAFT AND LATIN CROSS. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH AND UPPER STEPS
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN ON HOLNE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT ECCLUS 44-13 / (NAMES) / 1939-1945 / (NAMES) / ERECTED / BY GRATEFUL PARISHIONERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baston, William
Coaker, John
Dawson, Richard L.
Derges, Edward J.
Duke, Hugh Victor
Dunn, John H.
Gould, A. L. Pearce
Hext, Francis V.
Meathrel, W. William
Morris, William
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 14
Died: 14
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 1
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 4000MM
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- 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
- Holne
- WMO ID: 204407
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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