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Woodacott

Town or City: Holsworthy
County: Devon
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1133

Value of grant: £200.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2004

UKNIWM reference number: 72440

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Thornbury war memorial before work © T. Jollow 2004The Thornbury war memorial stands at Woodacott Cross in Holsworthy. The stone cross is in a small paved garden of Remembrance on the side of the road. 

In 2004 a grant of £200 was given towards re-pointing, re-lettering work and cleaning of the memorial as well as repainting the surrounding railings.  

Thornbury war memorial during work © T. Jollow 2004The memorial was erected in 1927 at a cost of £67 by John Freeman and Sons of Penryn, Cornwall. In 1947 an extra granite bloc was added at the base of the cross to record the victims of the Second World War.

In 2016 War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £900 towards conservation works to clean the memorial using natural bristle brushes, soap and low pressure water washing. The concrete surface area around the memorial had become broken and so this was lifted and relayed incorporating sufficient gradient for surface water runoff. The railings and gate at the front of the memorial were carefully rubbed down with wire brushes and repainted to match the original design.

The inscription on the memorial reads:

1914 - 1918
To the Glory of God
and in grateful 
memory of

Thornbury war memorial after work © T. Jollow 2004Sergt. T. J. Skinner
killed in France
Sept 14th 1916

1939 - 1945
Killed

There is also a roll of honour of those who served inscribed on the faces of the plinth.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1133
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 72440

War Memorials Online: 130143

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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