Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- East Lyng
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46336
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Current location
St. Bartholomew's Church
Main Road
East Lyng
Sedgemoor
Somerset
TA3 5AU
England
OS Grid Ref: ST33270 28873
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- PLAIN RECTANGULAR TABLET SET ON TO THE EXTERIOR WALL OF THE CHURCH
- Inscription
- IN GRATITUDE TO ALMIGHTY GOD/ FOR VICTORY IN THE GREAT WARS 1914 - 1918/ AND 1939 - 1945 AND IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ AND WOMEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ SERVED IN H.M. FORCES DURING THOSE WARS/ 1914 - 1918/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ SERVED/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ SERVED/ (NAMES)/ WOMEN/ (NAMES)/ *WOUNDED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ames, F J
Boon, C
Brewer, H
Buncombe, A
Buncombe, S W
Champion, J
Churchill, W T
Crane, T J
Dare, T
Gunningham, E
See details for all 42 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 42
Served and returned: 34
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 38
Served and returned: 35
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1120MM, width 890MM
Materials: Concrete
- 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
- Lyng, Somerset
- WMO ID: 248349
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-10-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- ELYNG02
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