Memorial

Ilfracombe

Ilfracombe War Memorial after restoration

Source: Sharky Ward

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Current Location

Garden of Remembrance, Between Church Road And Church Hill, Ilfracombe, North Devon, Devon, EX34 8BL, England

SS 51460 47285

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Allegory (eg: Victory)
WMR Reference Number: 25597
Description: Bronze figure of Victory surmounting a Tuscan column and granite plinth, on a two stepped base. There are black granite plaques with names for the First World War on the sides of the plinth, and the main dedication is laid with lead lettering on the front face of the upper base. The three black granite plaques for those of the Second World War are on the remaining three sides of the upper base. There is a stone tablet at the foot of the base, designed like an open book with the inscription laid in lead lettering upon the open pages.
Inscription: 6 O'clock, Plinth, plaque: (WW1 44 Names) 6 O'clock, Base: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF ILFRACOMBE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR./ 1914 - 1918. 6 O'clock, Tablet: IN/ MEMORY OF/ OTHER MEMBERS/ OF THE ARMED FORCES/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE/ OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (5 Names) 9 O'clock, Plinth, plaque: (WW1 43 Names) 9 O'clock, Base, plaque: 1939 - 1945/ (WW2 39 Names) 12 O'clock, Plinth, plaque: ( WW1 44 Names) 12 O'clock, Base, plaque: ALSO TO THOSE WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR II/ 1939 - 1945/ ( 34 Names) 3 O'clock, Plinth, plaque: ( WW1 44 Names) 3 O'clock, Base, plaque: 1939 - 1945/ ( WW2 50 Names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 116
Died: 116
Information shown: Initials, Surname, (1 x Unit)
Order of names: Alphabetically by Surname
Additional Information: there is 1 extra name on the base of 12 o'clock face & 2 on the post war book, however since restoration, T V Lewis (on single plaque) and W E R Few (on book) have been added to main WW2 plaques