Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Kennet
- Town
- Savernake Forest
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 01 February 1920
Attended by: The Marchioness of Ailesbury performed the unveiling
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63688
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Current location
Inside the Church
St Katharine's Church
Grand Avenue
Great Bedwyn
Savernake Forest
Kennet
Wiltshire
SN8 3BE
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 25197 64906
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall-mounted illustrated Roll of Honour in frame. The dedicatory inscription is at top-centre, beneath which are the names of those who served in the Armed Forces (either overseas or on the Home Front), with those who died being annotated with a cross. The list of names is flanked by decorative composite columns with detail. Some of the inscription is in Gothic lettering.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ Men from the Parish of/ ST. KATHARINE'S,/ SAVERNAKE FOREST,/ who served in the King's Forces/ in the GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919./ On Foreign Service/ (52 Names)/ On Home Service/ (9 Names)/ +The names of the eight Men who fell in/ the War are also recorded on the/ Memorial in the Church Yard.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Arthurs, Frederick Ernest George
Baker, Charles Dorsan
Barrett, Albert Henry
Belton, Frederick James
Brudenell- Bruce (6th Marquess Of Ailesbury), George William James Chandos
Bushnell, Cyril George
Cantillon, John David
Chandler, Charles Harty
Chandler, George Wm Frederick
Chandler, Thomas Arthur
See details for all 61 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 61
Served and returned: 53
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Title, forenames, surname, decorations, whether died
Order of information: Grouped by whether their service was overseas or at Home, then listed alphabetically by surname, in three columns.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Vellum - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak, Glass
- Roll of honour
- 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
- St Katharine's Parish WW1
- WMO ID: 242189
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church of England
- Reference
- The eight men listed on the WW1 Roll of Honour as having died are also commemorated on the stone parish Cross outside the Church (see our reference 43574 at www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/43574 ).
- (Our record of the parish's WW2 Roll of Honour can be found at www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/63689 ).
- The War Memorials Trust's record of the WW1 Roll of Honour can be found at www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/242189/
- The Roll of Honour was unveiled on the same day as the stone cross. The ceremonial unveiling of both was recorded at length on page 6 of the North Wilts Herald on 6/2/1920: www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002942/19200206/161/0006
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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