We don't have any photos of this building yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
Latitude: 50.6401 / 50°38'24"N
Longitude: -3.4741 / 3°28'26"W
OS Eastings: 295862
OS Northings: 83305
OS Grid: SX958833
Mapcode National: GBR P2.MH94
Mapcode Global: FRA 37MC.SH4
Plus Code: 9C2RJGRG+29
Entry Name: Kenton War Memorial
Listing Date: 30 March 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1424097
ID on this website: 101424097
Location: Kenton, Teignbridge, Devon, EX6
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Kenton
Built-Up Area: Kenton
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Kenton All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: War memorial
A First and Second World War memorial, dedicated in 1920.
A First and Second World War memorial, dedicated in 1920.
MATERIALS: Cornish granite from the Penryn Quarries
DESCRIPTION: an obelisk memorial standing on a moulded plinth, with inscriptions picked out in black paint on three sides, and a two tiered base. The north face of the plinth bears the following inscription, ‘ IN PROUD, HONOURED & LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH, WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY, IN/ THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" ECCLUS XLIV 14/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS”/ ST JOHN XV 13/ "I SAW THEM THAT HAD GOTTEN THE VICTORY OVER/ THE BEAST STAND ON THE SEA OF GLASS,/ HAVING THE HARPS OF GOD" REV XV 2. Below and on the west face are the names of those who died during the First World War. The south face commemorates the Second World War, with the inscription ‘ALSO/ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF/ THOSE FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ IN LIKE SPIRIT FELL DURING/ THE WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945’ followed by the names of the Fallen.
This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 21 December 2016.
Kenton War Memorial was erected to remember the members of the parish who died in the First World War. It was gifted to Kenton Parish Council by Mr Joshua John Neale of Oxton House. He died before the unveiling and his son presented the memorial on his behalf. It was unveiled by the Earl of Devon at a dedication ceremony on the 13 March 1920. Fourteen names were inscribed on the memorial. After the Second World War eight further names were added. The memorial includes the date that each of the commemorated died.
Kenton war memorial is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as a memorial with a modest and sombre design;
* Group value: it forms a group with a number of other listed buildings in the centre of Kenton, including the church of All Saints (Grade I).
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
