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Title
The Devonshire Volunteers' Memorial
Date
1895
Medium
Dartmoor granite & Portland stone
Accession number
EX4_MH_S082
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
War memorial
Owner
Exeter City Council
Custodian
Exeter City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
24th May 1895
Listing date
18/06/74
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Park opening hours
Inscription description
plaque: ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE / THE FORMATION IN DEVONSHIRE IN 1852 / OF THE / VOLUNTEER FORCE OF GREAT BRITAIN, / AS A CONSEQUENCE OF COMMUNICATIONS FROM / JOHN CHARLES BUCKNILL M.D. F.R.C.P. F.R.S. / TO THE / RIGHT HON. HUGH, EARL FORTESCUE, K.G., / LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON / AND THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF EXETER, / IN RECOGNITION OF HIS / SERVICES TO THE VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT, / THE HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD / WAS CONFERRED UPON / SIR CHARLES BUCKNILL, / BY / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, / IN 1894.