Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Cotswold
- Town
- Sherborne
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 12th November 1921
Attended by: Lord Sherborne - Dedicated
Date: 12th November 1921
Attended by: Rev. C. W. Emeris of Burford and Rev. Hobbs, Free Church Minister of Bourton - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 21025
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Current location
Outside the school
Sherborne
Cotswold
Gloucestershire
GL54 3DH
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 17303 14492
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- LATIN CROSS ON SQUARE PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- IN/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Bishop, Frank
Campbell, William
Cyphus, Ernest
Evans, Wellesley John
Freeman, Charles Stow
Harding, Albert
Johnson, Albert Thomas
Larner, Edward George
Lester, Archibald James
Mathews, Joseph
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3550MM
Materials: Stone - Clipsham - Base
Measurements: depth 2300MM, width 2300MM
Materials: Stone - Clipsham
- Cross
- 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
- ACCORDING TO FIELD WORK REPORT (1991) INSCRIPTION BADLY OBSCURED BY LICHEN GROWTH. 24.10.2022 Photographs show inscription difficult to read.
- Costs
Site: £173 15S
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 14 November 1921 SHERBORNE WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED>
- Cheltenham Chronicle - Saturday 19 November 1921 SHERBORNE WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED.
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