Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Northavon
- Town
- North Weston
- County
- Avon
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50530
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Current location
26
North Weston Village Hall
Clevedon Road
North Weston
Northavon
Avon
BS20 6TB
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 46239 75037
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Hand-made, heavily carved, lancet-topped varnished wooden board with a small shelf along the bottom. Cross with crown above the inscription. Above that is the badge of Somerset Light Infantry. Along the bottom, beneath the small shelf, are the badges of the Royal Naval Crown, the 3rd Buffs, the Machine Gun Corps, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and the Cornwall Light Infantry. Two small plinths on either side for small vases.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ OF NORTH WESTON WHO DIED/ IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adair, Frederick Joseph
Bessant, Ernest Gilbert
Bound, Thomas
Brown, Alfred Ernest
Churchill, Ernest
Coombs, Victor
Creese, Reginald Seymour
Davies, Edward George
Marsh, Frederick
Marsh, Henry
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,regiment,forename - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: rank,regiment,forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: height 900MM, width 570MM
Materials: Wood
- Plaques / Panels with names
- 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 - Responsibility
- Portishead & North Weston town Council. The Flock Hall, High Street, Portishead BS20 6PR
- Reference
- Anonymous, 'Plans for a new village hall', North Somerset Times, 28 July 2004.
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