Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Sherborne
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1927
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53295
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Current location
On Wall of south aisle near chapel of St Mary Le Bow
Sherborne Abbey
Sherborne
West Dorset
Dorset
DT9
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 637 165
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone reredos with dedicatory stone tablet set into the wall next to the screen. Reredos has arches carved at the bottom of it and ornate carving of arches above. Roses carved above the arches. Names in black lettering.
- Inscription
- THIS ANCIENT STONE SCREEN/ WAS COMPLETED BY THE FREE-/ MASONS OF DORSET IN MEM-/ ORY OF THEIR BRETHREN/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Brett, W H
Brinsmead, R W
Carr, G W
Clarkson, E
Davis, W J
Faircloth, B
Grier, W J
Jackman, B E
Kennaway, A L
Knight, R B
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,additional
Order of information: additional,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 31 IN, width 24 IN
Materials: Stone - Reredos
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Dorset Freemasons WW1
- WMO ID: 72210
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-12-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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