Cardstock Devon

War memorial erected in a small enclosure on the south side of Main Street, east of the Church of St Andrew, Chardstock Devon and close to The George Inn

"In memory of the men of Chardstock who in the Great War 1914 - 1919 faced death in the cause of God and the Right: –

J H Allen; P Apesy; G B Banfield; F Bowditch; E E Chubb; A T Cousins; J R Cousins; A I Deem; A E G Doling; J Down;

F S Hull; E F Pearce; G W H Pearce; C Rockett; T Rowe; W G Sparkes; R C Spiller; E Trenchard

 

1939 – 1945

M Bishop ; T Fowler; P A Hodge; M Jones; J Jenkins; A Larcombe; N P Latter; G Miller; W R Spiller; E Tattersall "

 

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

 

 

Picture with thanks - copyright historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1449417

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