Summary
First World War memorial, granite cross unveiled in 1920.
Reasons for Designation
Iddesleigh War Memorial, which stands in the churchyard, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
History
The aftermath of the First World War saw the biggest single wave of public commemoration ever with tens of thousands of memorials erected across England. This was the result of both the huge impact on communities of the loss of three quarters of a million British lives, and also the official policy of not repatriating the dead which meant that the memorials provided the main focus of the grief felt at this great loss.
Details
The war memorial stands in the south-east corner of the churchyard of the Church of St James (Grade I) and close to a Grade II-listed chest tomb. It takes the form of a granite wheel-head cross with a reversed sword carved in low relief to the front. The cross shaft rises from a tapered plinth, which stands on a square base.
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