The Materiality of Remembrance: Twentieth Century War Memorials ...

APPENDIX 4: EXAMPLE OF A SYSTEMATIC RECORDING FORM
The monument
Reference Identity – EXE01
Name – Devon War Memorial Cross
Road – Cathedral Green
Town/Village – Exeter
Parish – Cathedral Close, Exeter
O.S. Reference – SX 920 925
UKNIWM/ CWGC Number – 46017
Other Sources – The Express and Echo, Saturday November 23 rd 1918 pg 3, col5
The Express and Echo Saturday February 22 nd 1919 pg5, col2 and 3
History of the memorial
Date of design – 1919
Date of unveiling – May 16 th 1921 – delayed by difficulty in acquiring granite for the memorial,
which delayed from July 28 th 1920
Details of unveiling – Unveiled by Prince of Wales, regular troops, territorial’s, cadets, VAD
Sculpted/ made by – Sir Edwin Lutyens
Built by – ?
nurses, boy scouts, veterans, and 150+ bereaved relatives present
Commissioned by – Lord Lieutenant of Devon’s suggestion
Paid for by – Public subscription
Cost of memorial – ?
Duty of care – Exeter City Council?
Has it been moved? – Proposal to move the memorial in 2007, and memorial subsequently
When was it moved? – N/A
Where was it before? – N/A
Why was it moved? – N/A
Inscriptions
listed, after large public outcry against the suggestion
Memorial to what/whom – County’s dead of WWI and WWII
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