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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Kingswood
- Town
- St George
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50304
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Current location
5
Summerhill Methodist Church
Air Balloon Road (A431)
St George
Kingswood
Avon
BS5 8LB
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 63047 73472
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Wall mounted backboard supporting an incised white marble plaque. Light carving around the edges. Above the inscription in top centre is a laurel wreath with 1914 and 1918 in scrolls on either side. Inscription is just legible as the lettering contains no contrasting infill. Lower left corner of tablet cracked.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN / FROM THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / (NAMES) / ALSO TO HONOUR THE MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brier, John
Bryant, George J
Bryant, William
Evans, Sidney S
Fudge, Harold
Needs, Albert
Sage, Gilbert J
Trubody, Francis H
Wyatt, Thomas
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 760mm, width 690mm
Materials: Marble
- Plaque
- 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
- Summerhill (Summerhill Methodist Church plaque)
- WMO ID: 75018
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 08-05-2017]
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- History
- 2013: Tablet is fastened to a wall adjacent to the porch entrance. Crack in lower left corner of tablet. 2002: Propped half in a ditch and often run over by cars
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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