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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Avenue / Tree or grove
- District
- North Wiltshire
- Town
- Great Somerford
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24061
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Current location
Mounted in wall alongside footpath leading to church.
St Peter and St Pauls Church
Park Lane
Great Somerford
North Wiltshire
Wiltshire
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 96430 83060
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ORCHARD WITH SURROUNDING STONE WALL.INSCRIPTION TABLET SET INTO AN ELEVATED SECTION OF THE WALL INCISED ARCH SURROUNDS INSCRIPTION. TWO CROSSED TRUMPETS BELOW.
- Inscription
- THIS ORCHARD WAS GIVEN BY / COLONEL AND LADY ALEXANDRA PALMER / IN MEMORY OF THEIR TWO SONS / PETER L L: PALMER CAPT 10TH HUSSARS / KILLED IN ACTION SAN DIEGO MADAGASCAR / 5TH MAY 1942 AGED . 30 / JULIAN L L: PALMER MC LIEUT COLDSTREAM GUARDS / KILLED IN ACTION FORT CAPUZZO LIBYA / 16TH JUNE . 1941 AGED 25 / THEY SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY WITH ALL THEIR / STRENGTH AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO WE OTHERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Palmer, Julian
Palmer, Peter
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Relationships, forename, surname, honours, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of information: Rank
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cotswold
- Wall
- 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
- THE MEMORIAL WALL IS IN GOOD CONDITION, ALTHOUGH THE ORCHARD IS NOW A PADDOCK AS ONLY A COUPLE OF ELDERLY FRUIT TREES REMAIN. 11.03.2022 - Visited. The plaque has clearly been cleaned and restored since Mark Newton's 2015 photograph. New photo uploaded.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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