Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Corfe Castle
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1922
Attended by: General Sir Hugh Ellis, K.C.M.G., D.S.O.
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26442
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Current location
Entrance to churchyard
St. Edward's Church
East Street
Corfe Castle
Purbeck
Dorset
BH20 5HD
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 96051 82054
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Two rectangular tablets set within a late Tudor arch and gateway. Carved crests features above inscription on both tablets. Dedication is carved in black lettering.
- Inscription
- (ABOVE GATE) DO'SET MEN DON'T SHEAME THEIR KIND (WW1 TABLET) WHO'S AFEARD/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names) (WW2 TABLET) 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN TWO WORLD WARS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Battrick, James L
Best, Albert J
Brinton, Arthur J
Burden, Albert J
Cattle, Joseph R
Cattle, Thomas R
Churchill, Frederick
Cooper, Victor T
Cotterell, Joseph
Cotterell, William
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Arch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone, Wood - Oak, Wrought Iron
- Tablets
- Listing information
- BOUNDARY WALL AND ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO CEMETERY, INCORPORATING 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
- CORFE CASTLE
- WMO ID: 97741
- Condition: Good [last updated on 24-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- MEMORIAL PRESENTLY (1993) THE GATEWAY TO A DECONSECRATED CEMETERY, WHICH THE COUNCIL AND RBL PLAN TO TURN INTO A GARDEN
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PURBECK DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Reference
- Swanage Times & Directory - Saturday 18 November 1922 Page 8 WAR MEMORIAL AT CORFE CASTLE. Unveiling Ceremony. (photographs) (names) ---
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