Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Kimmeridge
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26458
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Current location
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
Kimmeridge
Purbeck
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 917 799
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Brass wall-mounted plaque with etched border of laurel leaves and berries.
- Inscription
- "BUT THE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US AND WE WERE NOT HURT. THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND BY DAY" 1 SAM CH.XXV.V.15-16/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SACRED CAUSE OF LIBERTY 1914 - 1918/ (Names) / ALSO TO THOSE WHO RENDERED LOYAL SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY IN THE HOUR OF HER GREAT NEED/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ford, Harry
Kent, Frank E
Mansel, Charles Pleydell
Mansel, Eustace Gambier
Mansel, John Delalynde
Mansel, William Du Pre
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 45
Served and returned: 38
Died: 7
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 18", width 21"
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- ST NICHOLAS PARISHIONERS - WW1
- WMO ID: 97725
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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