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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Woodspring
- Town
- Barrow Gurney
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 29849
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Current location
BARROW ST AND A38
A38
Barrow Gurney
Woodspring
Avon
BS48 3SH
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 53662 67663
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WAYSIDE WALL SHRINE WITH ARCHED RECESSED PANEL AND PEAKED ROOF SURMOUNTED BY LATIN CROSS. ARCH SHAPED TABLET SET INTO CENTRE WITH INSCRIPTION CARVED ON IT. DECORATIVE OUTER ARCH CULMINATES IN CARVED FACES AT EITHER END. STONE TROUGH UNDER TABLET ORIGINALLY A HORSE TROUGH, NOW PLANTED WITH FLOWERS.
- Inscription
- ERECTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF THE BARROW, DUNDRY,/WINFORD SOLDIERS COMFORT FUND/ PRO PATRIA/ IN/ MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THE VILLAGES OF/ BARROW GURNEY,/ DUNDRY AND WINFORD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names) /THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/AND THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, C
Ball, T
Bastin, B
Batts, R
Beames, C
Blackmore, S
Blinman, C
Brown, H
Butt, C H
Chard, A
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Trough
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: depth 390MM, height 3250MM, width 2500MM
Materials: Undefined
- 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
- Barrow Gurney
- WMO ID: 137721
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 28-07-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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