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Latitude: 50.799 / 50°47'56"N
Longitude: -3.0686 / 3°4'6"W
OS Eastings: 324790
OS Northings: 100477
OS Grid: ST247004
Mapcode National: GBR M2.YY52
Mapcode Global: FRA 46GZ.GCH
Plus Code: 9C2RQWXJ+HH
Entry Name: Dalwood War Memorial
Listing Date: 31 March 2015
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1425393
ID on this website: 101425393
Location: St Peter's Church, Dalwood, East Devon, EX13
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Dalwood
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Dalwood St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Memorial
First World War memorial, erected circa 1920.
First World War memorial, erected circa 1920.
MATERIALS: carved from granite.
DESCRIPTION: the war memorial stands within the churchyard of the Grade I listed St Peter’s Church, south-west of the Grade II listed C17 Old Yew Cottage and west of the Grade II listed C16 Tucker Arms public house. The memorial comprises a c.1.8m tall, rough-hewn granite cross with Celtic head on a tapering shaft that rises from a trapezoidal granite plinth. The front of the plinth is inscribed ‘TO OUR DALWOOD HEROES 1914-1919’ with sixteen names beneath it. The plinth rests on a square granite base.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 7 December 2016.
The aftermath of the First World War saw a huge wave of public commemoration with tens of thousands of memorials erected across the country. One such memorial was erected in circa 1920 to commemorate the men of Dalwood who died during the conflict.
Dalwood war memorial, which stands within the churchyard of Grade I listed St Peter’s church, 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 during the First World War;
* Group value: with the Grade I listed St Peter’s church, and Grade II listed Old Yew Cottage and Tucker Arms.
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