Memorial

Bovey Tracey - WW1 and WW2

Penny Woollard 14 10 2013

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Current Location

Town Hall, Town Hall Place, Bovey Tracey, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ13 9EG, England

SX 81710 78569

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 25794
Description: A large base surmounted by plinth, tapering shaft and wheel cross. The dedication for the First World War is incised on brass plaques around the plinth with the Second World War dedication written on a stone tablet mounted onto one side of the base.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF BOVEY WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "PRO DEO, REGE, ET PATRIA"/ (Names) Tablet: 1939 IN MEMORY OF 1945/ (Names)

Unveiled

11th September 1921

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Cross

Height: C 6000MM

Width: 2560MM

Depth: 2560MM

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good