Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- Wedmore
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24873
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Current location
St. Mary's Church
Church Street
Wedmore
Sedgemoor
Somerset
BS28 4AA
England
OS Grid Ref: ST43468 47927
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- STONE CROSS, HEXAGONAL BASE WITH TWO STEPS AND TWO PLINTHS
- Inscription
- GLORIOUS MEMORY/ OF THE MEN /OF WEDMORE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/FOR GOD AND COUNTRY/IN THE GREAT W AR/1914-1919/AND TO THOSE WHO MADE THE/ SAME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND/GREAT WAR, 1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, Stanley
Bamfield, John
Banwell, Ernest A
Binning, Fred
Bown, William
Bracey, Victor C E
Channing, Fred
Churches, Albert
Collard, William
Cook, Robert
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 31
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 4000MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Wedmore 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
- WEDMORE MEMORIAL CROSS
- WMO ID: 99267
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 23-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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