Memorial

Filleigh - Cross

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 16.09.2015

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Current Location

Cross in Churchyard between road and Church, St Paul's Churchyard, Main Road, Filleigh, North Devon, Devon, EX32 0RU, England

SS 66282 28012

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 25536
Description: Three-stepped octagonal base comprising a lower plain step and platform-topped mid and upper steps, surmounted by a square-footed, octagonal sectioned parallel shaft and integrated cross. Pinned-lead lettering and numerals form the inscriptions and names text on the middle and upper step side faces.
Inscription: Boer War: TO THE MEMORY OF / ONE WHO NEVER / WEARIED OF IN HELPING OTHERS, LIONEL H. D. FORTESCUE, MAJOR, SECOND-IN-COMMAND, XVII LANCERS. THIRD SON OF HUGH, THIRD EARL FORTESCUE, HE WAS BORN ON XIX NOVEMBER MDCCCLVII AT CASTLE HILL. HE FELL IN THE ACTION OF DIAMOND HILL IN SOUTH AFRICA ON JUNE XI, MCM, AND WAS BURIED HARD BY THE FIELD OF BATTLE. AND FURTHER DEDICATED TO THE HONOUR OF ALL BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH OF FILLEIGH WHO, LIKE HIM, SHALL LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. FREDERICK J. HARRIS, TROOPER, VII BATT. IMP. YEO., DIED AGED XXVIII AT PRETORIA, OCT MCM CHARLES HULLAND, PRIVATE, II BATT. DEVON REGT., DIED AT STANDERTON, JUNE VIII, MCMI, AGED XVII / L H D F / ERECTED BY HIS / FRIENDS AND / NEIGHBOURS OF / ALL CONDITIONS IN/ THE COUNTY OF DEVON // Great War: GRENVILLE FORTESCUE / CAPTAIN / 11TH RIFLE BRIGADE / KILLED AT / LAVENTIE / SEPT. IV.MCMXV / NOT HERE THEY LIE NOT HERE / BUT FAR AWAY / IN OTHER EARTH BY OTHER / GRASS OERGROWN / YET BY THEIR HOME THIS CROSS / SHALL STAND AND SAY / THEY DWELL AMONG THEIR OWN / (Great War, 9x NAMES) // WW2: (5x NAMES)

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 3
Died: 3
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of names: Rank

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 10
Died: 10
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
Order of names: Rank

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: Rank, title, forenames, surname, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death