Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wimborne
- Town
- Wimborne
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- SIR JOHN NINIAN COMPER RA (Architect)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: November 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26679
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Current location
WIMBORNE MINSTER
High St
Wimborne
Wimborne
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 010 000
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SIMPLE BUT FINELY WORKED TABLET
- Inscription
- REMEMBER/ THE MEN OF WIMBORNE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ IN WHOSE HONOUR THE CHURCHYARD CROSS IS DEDICATED/ (NAMES)/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abraham, William Henry
Allen, Alfred George
Amey, H
Angel, George
Angel, Harry P
Angel, John
Anning, Harry
Baker, Bertram Finlinson
Barrow, Alfred W
Barrow, Alfred Wm.
See details for all 162 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 164
Served and returned: 0
Died: 164
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- Wimborne Minster (WWI plaque)
- WMO ID: 97507
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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