Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Font or font cover
- District
- Woodspring
- Town
- Weston Super Mare
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 22nd December 1922
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Taunton
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 30029
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Current location
EMMANUEL CHURCH
Oxford St
Weston Super Mare
Woodspring
Avon
BS23 1TE
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 32018 61217
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- MEMORIAL PLAQUE WITH 'ANGEL' FONT IN THE FORM OF A KNEELING ANGEL AND BOWL RESTING ON LAP TABLET HAS CROSSED UNION FLAG AND WHITE ENSIGN. BOTTOM RIGHT AND LEFT CORNERS KNEELING ANGELS, HAND-PAINTED WITH GOLD-TINTED WINGS
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND WITH GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE MEMBERS OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION WHO SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/AND IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF GOD, KING AND COUNTRY/"THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST"/THIS TABLET AND THE ANGEL FONT WERE GIVEN BY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, E E
Abbruzzese, L A
Aldridge, Col E
Aldridge, J
Aldridge, R
Allen, A E
Arlotti, F
Arlotti, G A
Arlotti, J
Ashman, A
See details for all 385 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 387
Served and returned: 320
Died: 67
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 40MM, height 2620MM, width 1520MM
Materials: Marble - Font
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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