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    Memorial

    Holsworthy Cross

    ark Newton 16 September 2015

    Source: Copyright ark Newton 16 September 2015

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    Current Location

    St Peter and St Paul, 1, North Road, Holsworthy, Torridge, Devon, EX22 6EJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SS 34356 03909

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Edmund Westawav Bromwell

    • William John Cann

    • Alfred Cloak

    • Thomas Cowling

    • William Edgar Daniel

    • Clifford Ford

    • Edgar Ford

    • Edwin Henry Ford

    • William Cerry

    • Frank Gilbert

    • John Gliddon

    • Percy Gliddon

    • Frederick Glover

    • Willie Griffey

    • Henry Hamley

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2881
    Description
    Rough hewn celtic cross on tapered plinth and base surmounting two steps enclosed in chained area with rough hewn posts.
    Inscription
    ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/BY THE PARISHIONERS OF HOLSWORTHY/(WW1 NAMES)/IN MEMORY OF/(WW2 NAMES)/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE 1939-1945 WAR/GIVE UNTO THY SERVANTS THAT PEACE WHICH THE WORLD CANNOT GIVE Base: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    36
    Died
    36
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    27
    Died
    27
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Order of names
    surname,forename

    Components

    Cross

    Height: 4000MM

    Width: 1000MM

    Depth: 1000MM


    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • Bideford Gazette, 16 November 1948, p.2.