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Longdown
Town or City: Exeter
County: Devon
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1772
Value of grant: £60.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 25939
War Memorials Trust gave £70 towards works to Longdown War Memorial. The memorial cross stands at a road junction in the village and is looked after by the Parish Council. The grant was used on a project to clean the stonework, rub down raised lead lettering and re-paint it.
The memorial records the fallen of both the First and Second World Wars. The inscriptions read:
Their name liveth for evermore 1914-1918
1939-1945 At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them
Those recorded on the memorial are:
Browett H.W., Staff Sergt Dragoon Guards
Browett R., 2nd Lieut Q.V. Rifles
Browett A., 2nd Lieut M.G.C.
Camp L.G., 2nd Devons
Cornish C.S., R.M.L.I. HMS Monmouth
Miller N., Gunner R.N.
Moore G. H., 8/9 Devons
Moore G.F., 3rd Devons
Noble M. H., RASC
Sargeant R.L., 2nd Lieut Somerset L.I.
Serdeant G.E., Sergt D.C.L.I.
Studholme P.F.W., 2nd Lieut 1st Devons
Sercombe F.J., R.A.F.
Trickey T.P.J., R.A.F.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1772
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 25939
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
