Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Dorchester
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: Sunday 24th October 1920
Attended by:
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1011
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Current location
Holy Trinity Church
High West Street
Dorchester
West Dorset
Dorset
DT1 1UB
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 69172 90744
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular stone tablet with incised dedication and names on the left.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN PROUD MEMORY OF THESE/ MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH & PARISH/ WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR/ (38 names) /REMEMBER THEM/ IN YOUR PRAYERS/ AND IN YOUR/ LIVES
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, C G W
Angell, H S
Biggs, J M
Caruthers-little, A
Chadwick, F J
Chadwick, R M
Collins, W G
Cook, H
Curtis, C J
Curtis, W S
See details for all 38 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 0
Died: 38
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, surname, regiment, date of death.
Order of information: Date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 600mm, width 1500mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- Small grant for £150 issued by the War Memorials Trust in 2000 (see link in reference section)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church authorities
- Reference
- War Memorials Trust WM175 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=390
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