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Latitude: 50.3841 / 50°23'2"N
Longitude: -4.0484 / 4°2'54"W
OS Eastings: 254470
OS Northings: 55809
OS Grid: SX544558
Mapcode National: GBR Q0.T9XY
Mapcode Global: FRA 28D1.4MX
Plus Code: 9C2Q9XM2+JM
Entry Name: Plympton War Memorial
Listing Date: 6 December 2016
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1439366
ID on this website: 101439366
Location: Plympton St Maurice, Plymouth, Devon, PL7
County: City of Plymouth
Electoral Ward/Division: Plympton Erle
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Plymouth
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Tagged with: War memorial
A parish war memorial, unveiled in May 1924 and designed by the Rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe. Of Cornish granite, the monument takes the form of an obelisk on a plinth which rises above a platform of two steps.
A parish war memorial, unveiled in May 1924 and designed by the rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe.
MATERIALS and PLAN: of grey, Cornish granite, the monument takes the form of an obelisk on a plinth which rises above a platform of two steps.
The monument is placed to the north-west of the parish church of St Maurice (Grade II*) and to the north of the motte of the ruined Plympton Castle (Grade II*). The obelisk is formed of three blocks of granite with a cross in relief to the top of the east and west fronts and laurel wreaths to the north and south fronts. The east front bears an inscription in inset lead lettering, which reads: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / PLYMPTON ST. MAURICE. / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, / 1914 – 1918. / “THEY SHALL BE HAD IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE.”. On the west front is inscribed: ‘IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / PLYMPTON ST MAURICE / WHO DIED FOR THEIR FELLOW-MEN IN THE WAR. / 1939 – 1945. / “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS.”
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 22 February 2017.
The memorial was designed by the rector of St Maurice, Revd. CE Seccombe and was unveiled on 7 May 1924. It was altered to include the names of the fallen from the Second World War after 1945.
Plympton War Memorial, Devon is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Architectural interest: as an accomplished and well-realised war memorial, which takes the form of an obelisk on a stepped platform;
* Group value: with the Remains of Plympton Castle (listed at Grade II* and a scheduled monument) and the Church of St Maurice, Plympton (Grade II*).
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