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    Memorial

    Bere Ferrers

    Bere Ferrers memorial

    Source: Copyright John Hendry

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    Current Location

    Lat 50.450855 Long -4.1715062, Fore Street, Bere Ferrers, West Devon, Devon, PL20 7JL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 45932 63479

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • W Beaton

    • B R Bennett

    • F B Blackmore

    • L S Blackmore

    • J W Brewer

    • G H Brighton

    • T N Coombes

    • W G Cradick

    • W A Collom

    • W J Davis

    • T J Foote

    • H Grills

    • E H Greenway

    • J H Gliddon

    • W Hamilton

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    2914
    Description
    Rough hewn Celtic cross on plinth and three stepped base. Inscription and names on plinth. Scroll shaped tablet at the base of the West face for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
    Inscription
    North face: IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL/ MEMORY OF THE GALLANT / MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names) East Face: (Names) West Face: (Names) West, Tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ THE NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS/ WHO WERE KILLED IN A TRAGIC/ ACCIDENT AT BERE FERRERS STATION/ ON SEPTEMBER 24TH 1917/ (Names) South Face: WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939-1945/ IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN"/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    41
    Died
    41
    Information shown
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    21
    Died
    21
    Information shown
    Surname
    Maintenance History
    2001, September: NAMES OF 10 NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS KILLED BY A TRAIN AT BERE FERRERS ON 24 SEP 1917 ADDED TO MEMORIAL (OUR REF. 25998).

    Ceremonies

    Rededicated

    2001

    UNKNOWN

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • UKNIWM http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.25998/fromUkniwmSearch/1
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