Memorial

Appledore

Appledore obelisk and kneeling soldier silhouette next to St Mary's Church Appledore

Source: Jon Webber

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Current Location

Adjacent to St. Mary's Churchyard,, Appledore War Memorial, Churchfield Road, Appledore, Torridge, Devon, EX39 1RL, England

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SS 46461 30638

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 26050
Description: Five-stepped square base surmounted by a two-stage square sectioned plinth, incorporating an overhanging mould-edged capstone and tapering square sectioned obelisk. Inscriptions on all four faces of upper and lower stages of plinth. Incised inscriptions and names infilled with black paint.
Inscription: Front upper face : TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / APPLEDORE HEROES / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR. / 1914 - 1918. / NAVY / (11 NAMES) / Front lower face : NAVY 1939 - 1945 / (10 NAMES) Left upper face : ARMY / (28 NAMES) / Left lower face : ARMY 1939 - 1945 / (8 NAMES) Right upper face : MERCANTILE MARINE / (16 NAMES) / (2 NAMES, ARMY) Right lower face : R.A.F. 1939 - 1945 / (4 NAMES) Rear upper face : MERCANTILE MARINE / (16 NAMES) / Rear lower face : MERCHANT NAVY 1939 - 1945 / (10 NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 73
Died: 73
Information shown: Service type, forename, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname (approximately).

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 32
Died: 32
Information shown: Service type, forename, surname
Order of names: Alphabetical by surname (approximately).

History

Maker(s): Messrs Jenkins of Torquay & Mr.J.L.Richards of Appledore, Builder

Ceremonies

Rededicated

November 1949

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Dedicated

1923

Not known

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Appledore

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