Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Lamp or lighting
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Maiden Newton
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1065
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Current location
St Mary's Church
3 Church Road
Maiden Newton
West Dorset
Dorset
DT2 0AA
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 59636 97891
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A curtain and lighting with dedicatory board. The square shape board contains red and black lettering with painted inscription, followed by names.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / A CURTAIN AND COMPLETION OF / THE LIGHTING WERE GIVEN IN 1955 BY / LAWRENCE AND MARJORIE BARNES IN / THANKFUL MEMORY OF THEIR SONS / LIEUT. WILLIAM L. BARNES / D.S.C., ROYAL NAVY KILLED ON / ACTIVE SERVICE 2ND MARCH, 1941, AGED 24 YEARS....AND / LIEUT. MAURICE G. LE C. BARNES / ROYAL NAVY, ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / ON DUTY 27TH MARCH, 1947./ AGED 21 YEARS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Amor, H G
Barrett, M H
Chaldecott, J A
Clothier, H C
Clothier, W T
Corbin, H
Corp, Harry
Corp, Sam
Dunford, A C
Dunford, T
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 450MM, width 450MM
Materials: Wood - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Board
- 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
- LT W BARNES AND LT M BARNES - Curtains and Lighting
- WMO ID: 121444
- Condition: Good [last updated on 02-08-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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