Death and memory on the Home Front: Second World War commemoration in the South Hams, Devon

Walls, SamuelWilliams, Howard2012-12-202012-12-202010-01-27Walls, S., & Williams, H. (2010). Death and memory on the Home Front: Second World War commemoration in the South Hams, Devon. Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 20(1), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.1017/S09597743100000410959-774310.1017/S0959774310000041http://hdl.handle.net/10034/263432This is the publisher's PDF of an article published in Cambridge archaeological journal© 2010. The definitive version is available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=CAJThis article discusses two World War II monuments - the Slapton Sands Evacuation Memorial and the Torcross Tank Memorial - as commemorations of events and as a method of defining the identities of local people.enmortuary commemorationWorld War IISouth HamsDeath and memory on the Home Front: Second World War commemoration in the South Hams, DevonArticle1474-0540Cambridge Archaeological Journal20(1), 49-66.