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Wreaths from Family and Friends were laid at the Unveiling Ceremony on 23 July 1922. These details were obtained from the Mid-Devon Advertiser of Saturday July 29, 1922.

THE WREATHS

In grateful remembrance of the gallant men who gave their lives for the country. From the townspeople of Newton Abbot.
In remembrance. From the Officers and members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade.
From the Officers, N.C.O.'s and men of B company, 5th. (P.O.W.) Devon Regt.. In remembrance of their Comrades who fell in the Great War.
In grateful and honoured memory of the fallen All Whites from the Newton Rugby Club.
In memory of fallen Comrades from the Comrades and Services Club.
In grateful memory from the Headmaster, Staff and Boys of the Newton Abbot College.
In loving memory of dear Willie, from Mam, Dad and Brothers.
To Harold, in loving memory from Pat and Francis.
In loving memory of our dear son and brother Ralph, L.Corpl. R.R. Williot, sadly missed by us all. From his loving Mother, Father, Sisters, Brothers, Billy, Ethel, Clem, George and Flo.
In ever loving memory of George Waldron, the dearly beloved husband of Sarah Jane Waldron, who was killed in action in France. Nov. 23rd 1917, aged 33 years.
In ever-loving memory of our dear son, Pte. W.H. Tucker, 1st. Devon Regt., killed in France, 1916. From his loving Father, Sisters and Brother.
In loving memory of our dear son, W.H. Tolley, from father and mother.
In loving memory of Dick Shapland, killed Oct. 23rd 1918.
In loving memory of dear Fred from Father and Mother.
In ever loving memory of our dear son, Pte. G.H. Stacey, from Mother, Father, Brothers and Sisters, 36 Buller Road.
In memory of our dear brother, Sgt. E.W. Truman, 4th. R.I.D.G. From his loving sisters, Mrs. L. Woolcott, Mrs. W. French and Mrs. E. Harvey.
Mr and Mrs Watts and family; All at 12 Albany St.; to Uncle from 23, The Avenue; Edith Vaughan, aunt of Parmena Watts; parents of James Henry Pulman, Uncle Harry from Violet; from the brothers and sisters of Pte. L. Prowse; Vera Norrish; wife and daughter of Lce Cpl Charles H. Nicholls; wife and children of Alfred Wm. Norrish; Phyllis, 23 The Avenue; the wife of W.G. Lang, and Vera; wife of Pte W. E. Powell; the three children of Pte. Harry Phillips; father, mother and Harold, 68 Queen Street; in memory of George Lugg; the sisters of A W Norrish; all AT. No.10 S. Court, Wolborough Street; the parents of Edwin Elliott Matthews; in memory of Leonard Pardon; The Mother of T. Honeywill; In memory of Pte. S. Millman; The Sisters and Brothers of Pte. E.C. Millman. In loving memory of dear son and brother Henry Hollow; Parents, Sister and Brother of Sergt. J. Causey. In loving memory of GUNNER F. BILLING R.F.A. In memory of SIDNEY E. CLARK from HILDA his brother and sister-in-law. Wife and Daughter of OWEN CLEAVE. "NAT and FRED." Major E.W. Greenslade and Mrs Greenslade. In loving memory of Corporal Wallace S. Ford; Mother and Sister of W. Black. Mother , brother and sister of Sgt Bradgord 1 Whites Cottages. Parents of Walter and Jack. Mother of Sydney E. Clark and Jack. Parents of H.W. Bragg. Sister of Pte. A.J. Cross. Wife and sons of Pte. A. Clarke, Nieces and Nephews of Pte. A. Clarke, Brothers and sisters of Pte. A. Clarke; Mother of E. Hawkings; Sister-in-law of G. Frank. R.N.; Wife and children of E.J.D. Dennis; wife and children of G. French; Parents, sisters and brothers of S.E. Dore and W.F.H. Dore. Father of J. Merryfield. In memory of C.S.M. F. Hatton and Sergt. Hatton from M. And F. Parents of Lieut. L.F. Hicks; Wife and children of Sergt. J.J. Foxworthy; In affectionate memory of Lieut. G.H. Baxter, R.E., M.C. From his colleagues at the Town Hall; All at 42 Tudor Road (PO Jas. Field); In remembrance of my dear husband and son, C.S.M., F. Hatton and Sergt. E. Hatton; Dear Dad from his loving son F. Hicks; Wife and son of W.J. Hicks; Parents of Pte. W.J. Hicks; Brother of S.G. Helms; In memory of my dear son L.G.M. Bailey; Parents of C.W. Hext; Mother of M. Honeywill; Mother of J. Cockerham; parents of A.C. Bailey.

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