Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Taunton Deane
- Town
- Bathealton
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24806
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Current location
In the churchyard
by the south porch.
St Bartholomew's Church
Watery Lane
Bathealton
Taunton Deane
Somerset
TA21 0RY
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 07939 24063
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic-style wheel cross on square plinth and single step.
- Inscription
- On the shaft of the cross: TO THE/ MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO/ FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ 1939 - 1945 On the plinth: (names)/ OF THIS PARISH GAVE THEIR LIVES AND/ (name) On the step: GOD PROVED THEM AND FOUND THEM WORTHY
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Bristow, Edward James
Burston, Robert
Davey, Frederick William
Perrott, Arthur
See details for all 4 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 4
Served and returned: 0
Died: 4
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3000MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Bathealton 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
- Bathealton Cross
- WMO ID: 253365
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 14-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Note: Lichen growth is affecting legibility
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- War Memorials Online: www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/253365/
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