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Latitude: 50.485 / 50°29'6"N
Longitude: -3.7743 / 3°46'27"W
OS Eastings: 274218
OS Northings: 66525
OS Grid: SX742665
Mapcode National: GBR QG.XVGS
Mapcode Global: FRA 27ZS.3DQ
Plus Code: 9C2RF6PG+27
Entry Name: War Memorial in the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church
Listing Date: 22 December 2005
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1396367
English Heritage Legacy ID: 493218
ID on this website: 101396367
Location: Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ11
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Buckfastleigh
Built-Up Area: Buckfastleigh
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Buckfastleigh
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: War memorial
BUCKFASTLEIGH
1011-1/0/10001 CHURCH HILL
22-DEC-05 War Memorial in the churchyard of Holy
Trinity Church
II
War memorial. circa 1920. Hammered granite stone cross and shaft upon tapering square plinth. The inscriptions are in black painted lettering. The foot of the cross is slightly splayed containing the inscription OUR/GLORIOUS/DEAD, but otherwise is plain in detail. The inscription on the plinth reads as follows:
Front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BUCKFASTLEIGH/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRAFICE/ IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD"/ REVELATION XIV.13; Sides: List of names of those who fell in WWI; Rear: List of names of those who fell in WWII.
The cross is surrounded by cast iron railings which appear to be of a later date and are not included within the listing.
HISTORY: The memorial was erected to commemorate those who lost their lives in the First World War. The unveiling ceremony took place on 1st January 1921. The names of those who died in the Second World War were subsequently added.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 8 December 2016.
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