War Memorial
WAR MEMORIAL, ST MICHAELS CLOSE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1393173
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-2009
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, ST MICHAELS CLOSE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1393173
- Date first listed:
- 05-Mar-2009
- Statutory Address 1:
- WAR MEMORIAL, ST MICHAELS CLOSE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WAR MEMORIAL, ST MICHAELS CLOSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- East Devon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Otterton
- National Grid Reference:
- SY 07984 85194
Reasons for Designation
The Otterton War Memorial has been designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons: * An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community * The competent design and craftsmanship of this war memorial, with large chamfered granite cross
Details
OTTERTON
1587/0/10007 ST MICHAELS CLOSE
05-MAR-09 (Centre of)
War Memorial
II
War Memorial. Granite. A two stepped square stone base surmounted by a chamfered granite cross on a square plinth. On the stone plinth to the base of the cross is the inscription:
THIS MEMORIAL/WAS ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS/TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF/THE MEN OF OTTERTON/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/THESE MEN OF OURS, UNSELFISH, UNAFRAID/WENT TO THE WORLD-WIDE FIGHT/FORGET NOT HOW THEY FOUGHT, AND HOW WE PRAYED/FOR ENGLAND AND THE RIGHT/THEIR NAMES LIVE FOR EVERMORE/R.I.P./(NAMES)/1939-1945/(NAMES)
HISTORY: The war memorial was unveiled by Lord Clinton on 1 August 1920. In 2008 the base and perimeter path was restored.
SOURCES:
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: The Otterton War Memorial is designated at Grade II, for the following principal reasons:
* An eloquent witness to the impact of tragic world events on this community
* The competent design and craftsmanship of this war memorial, with large chamfered granite cross
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, 7 December 2016.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 505914
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 7 December 2016 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/25364
War Memorials Online, accessed 7 December 2016 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/98784
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