Memorial

Germansweek

Germansweek War Memorial

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Roadside, opposite Parish Hall,, Germansweek War Memorial, Main Street, Germansweek, West Devon, Devon, EX21 5BP, England

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 45875
Description: Square foundation platform supporting a single-stepped square base surmounted by a square sectioned tapering pillar followed by a pyramid-headed square sectioned capstone. Each pillar face contains a curve-headed recessed area. 6 o'clock recess bears the inscription verses and other faces bear names. Pinned-lead lettering forms the text on all faces. The whole memorial is enclosed by a hedge to the rear and the road frontages, by metal railings and a gate, similar in design to those around the Parish Hall building opposite.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face : IN / COMMEMORATION / OF PEACE 1919, / THIS PLOT OF LAND / WAS ENCLOSED AS A / PLEASURE GROUND / AND ALSO THIS / MEMORIAL ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS / IN PERPETUAL MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THIS / PARISH WHO SERVED / THEIR KING AND / COUNTRY DURING THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. // Other faces : KILLED / (3 NAMES) / DIED / (2 NAMES) / PRISONER OF WAR AT KUT / (1 NAME) / SERVED / (28 NAMES)

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 34
Served: 28
Died: 6
Information shown: Killed/Died/PoW at Kut/Served, initial, surname
Order of names: Killed, died, PoW, served, surname
Additional Information: One is only recorded as Prisoner of War at Kut, not indicated that if he died.

Maker(s): William Lias of Okehampton, Mason
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The total cost £125, towards which every parishioner contributed. Mr T. H. Spry of Wetherdon gave £75 for the entrance gates and £5 towards the sports after the opening ceremony.

Unveiled

11th August 1920

Right Hon. George Lambert. M.P. for South Molton Division.

Dedicated