Filleigh Cross

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Reference WMO/98614

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Church of St Paul

Long Walk Drive

Filleigh

EX32 0RU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The Grade II listed war memorial in the north Devon village of Filleigh, south west of Exmoor, is a plain Cornish granite cross on a three-stepped octagonal base. Names, regiments and places and dates of death are recorded in raised letters around the risers of the top two steps. The memorial stands in the churchyard of St Paul’s.
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TOP PLINTH, 4.30, 6 AND 7.30 FACE; BOTTOM STEP 2.30 AND 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TO THE MEMORY OF/ ONE WHO NEVER/ WEARIED OF IN HELPING OTHERS, LIONEL H. D. FORTESCUE, MAJOR, SECOND-IN-COMMAND, XVII LANCERS. THIRD SON OF HUGH, THIRD EARL FORTESCUE, HE WAS BORN ON XIX NOVEMBER MDCCCLVII AT CASTLE HILL. HE FELL IN THE ACTION OF DIAMOND HILL IN SOUTH AFRICA ON JUNE XI, MCM, AND WAS BURIED HARD BY THE FIELD OF BATTLE. AND FURTHER DEDICATED TO THE HONOUR OF ALL BRAVE MEN OF THIS PARISH OF FILLEIGH WHO, LIKE HIM, SHALL LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. FREDERICK J. HARRIS, TROOPER, VII BATT. IMP. YEO., DIED AGED XXVIII AT PRETORIA, OCT MCM CHARLES HULLAND, PRIVATE, II BATT. DEVON REGT., DIED AT STANDERTON, JUNE VIII, MCMI, AGED XVII 12 O'CLOCK FACE: LHDF/ ERECTED BY HIS/ FRIENDS AND/ NEIGHBOURS OF/ ALL CONDITIONS IN/ THE COUNTY OF DEVON 9 O'CLOCK FACE: GRENVILLE FORTESCUE/ CAPTAIN/ 11TH RIFLE BRIGADE/ KILLED AT/ LAVENTIE/ SEPT. IV.MCMXV/ NOT HERE THEY LIE NOT HERE/ BUT FAR AWAY/ IN OTHER EARTH BY OTHER/ GRASS OERGROWN/ YET BY THEIR HOME THIS CROSS/ SHALL STAND AND SAY/ THEY DWELL AMONG THEIR OWN 10.30 FACE: (WW2 NAMES) 7.30 FACE, LOWER PLINTH: (WW1 NAMES)

Grade II (England)

1389255

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