St Johns Porch Tablets

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Bournemouth
Town: Boscombe
County: Dorset
Country: England
Commemoration: First World War (1914-1918)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 49060

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Current location

St John's Church
Christchurch Road
Boscombe
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 4AE
England

OS Grid Ref: SZ 11059 91717
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Five tablets of names headed with gothic arches with tracery. In the arches , left to right are coloured devices: St Georges Cross; St Andrews Cross; cross in red; St Patricks Cross; Welsh dragon on white and green background.

Inscription

THIS PORCH IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ AND CONGREGATION WHO YIELDED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (This is the same as the external plaque (49058))

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Adams, Albert E
Adams, Henry
Archdeacon, Dennis
Bailey, Walter C W
Barrow, Harry C
Bast, Edward
Bast, Ernest
Blanchard, Edward
Blanchard, William J
Bodkin, Walter
See details for all 61 names

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 0
Died: 61
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: height 170CM, width 254CM
Materials: Stone
Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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