Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Buckland Newton
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1105
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Current location
Hol;y Rood Church
Buckland Newton
West Dorset
Dorset
DT2 7BU
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 68767 05267
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross with a shaft set on a tapering plinth. A carved sword is on the front face on the shaft and the names in black on the front face of the plinth.
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS HAS BEEN ERECTED/BY THE INHABITANTS OF BUCKLAND NEWTON/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 /[15 names in 2 columns] Rear Face-1939-1945/[names]/1914-1918/[name]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bates, A
Brodrick, R
Coombes, Bertie
Dibben, E H
Downton, A Ernest
Downton, Albert S
Downton, Bertie
Foot, Edwin
House, Ernest E
Hunt, Robert
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 1950MM
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Buckland Newton War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- BUCKLAND NEWTON
- WMO ID: 121404
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 13-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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