Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bournemouth
- Town
- Talbot Village
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26473
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Current location
St Marks Church
Wallisdown Road
Talbot Village
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH10 4AY
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 06985 94010
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY SQUARE PLINTH, TAPERING SHAFT WITH CAPITAL AND WHEEL CROSS. INSCRIPTION CARVED ON THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- AROUND TOP OF THE PLINTH: TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 SOUTH AND NORTH FACE: (NAMES) EAST FACE: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR/ HIS FRIENDS WEST FACE: THE NAMES OF THE 41 OTHER MEN/ ARE INSCRIBED ON THE MEMORIAL/ AT KINSON
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Alner, Arthur
Bartlett, Victor
Bishop, Reginald
Booth, Stanley
Burden, Albert
Cherrett, Arthur
Cole, Frederick
Diffey, Donald
Diffey, William
Drew, Bertie
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 40
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 4500MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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 MARK'S CHURCH WW1
- WMO ID: 97710
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 29-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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