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Title
Torquay War Memorial
Date
1920
Medium
Portland stone & bronze
Accession number
TQ2_AW_S003
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Torbay Council
Custodian
Torbay Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
23rd April 1921
Listing date
03/05/94
Access
at all times
Inscription description
6 o'clock face: (names) / TO THE MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF TORQUAY / WHO DIED IN THE / GREAT WAR / MDCCCCXIV - MDCCCXVIII / AND / TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TORQUAY / WHO DIED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR MDCCCCXXXIX - MDCCCCXLV / WHOSE NAMES ARE TO BE FOUND INSCRIBED IN / THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE IN THE TOWN HALL; 3, 9 and 12 o'clock faces: (names); top face of 6 o'clock face base: IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN & WOMEN / OF TORQUAY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN ARMED CONFLICTS / SINCE 1945; top face of 9 o'clock side of base: TORQUAY SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN TORQUAY HOSPITALS / FROM WOUNDS SUSTAINED IN THE GREAT WAR / (names)