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Latitude: 50.6275 / 50°37'39"N
Longitude: -3.4477 / 3°26'51"W
OS Eastings: 297696
OS Northings: 81870
OS Grid: SX976818
Mapcode National: GBR P3.7BFP
Mapcode Global: FRA 37ND.YDH
Plus Code: 9C2RJHH2+2W
Entry Name: Starcross War Memorial
Listing Date: 6 October 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425748
ID on this website: 101425748
Location: Starcross, Teignbridge, Devon, EX6
County: Devon
District: Teignbridge
Civil Parish: Starcross
Built-Up Area: Starcross
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Starcross St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Memorial
A First World War Memorial; names have been subsequently added to commemorate the fallen of Second World War and later actions.
A First World War Memorial; names have been subsequently added to commemorate the fallen of Second World War and later actions.
MATERIAL: granite.
DESCRIPTION: the memorial consists of a hexagonal four-tiered plinth, topped by a roughly-hewn wheel cross. There are several stone plaques on the memorial that bear inscriptions including ‘IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF STARCROSS WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919’, ‘1939 – 1945/WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE’ and ‘ALSO OF L/C DUMBLETON, KILLED IN ACTION CYPRUS 1975’ and 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, 8 December 2016.
The war memorial was erected following the end of the First World War to commemorate the members of the parish who died in the conflict. Further names were added after the end of the Second World War and again to commemorate the conflict in Cyprus in 1975.
Starcross 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: the roughly-hewn cross is a simple yet elegant design.
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