Memorial details

Memorial type
Wall
District
West Dorset
Town
Sherborne
County
Dorset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
65814

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Current location

Sherborne School Antechapel
Abbey Road
Sherborne
West Dorset
Dorset
DT9 3AP
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 63765 16545
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A stone wall engraved with the names of the dead and the year in which they died.
Inscription
THIS CHAPEL WAS ENLARGED/ AND THIS ANTECHAPEL ADDED/ IN 1920-22 IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE SHIRBURNIANS/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ NOR LOVE THY LIFE NOR HATE BUT WHAT THOU LIV'ST/ LIVE WELL, HOW LONG OR SHORT PERMIT TO HEAVEN.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbott, E J W
Adams, P R
Adamson, W
Alderson, A G J
Armstrong, C A
Awdry, W A
Bacchus, W H O
Baker, C D
Baker, G L J
Bamford, A
See details for all 221 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 221
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 221
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,year died
    Order of information: year died
Components
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • CHAPEL AT SHERBORNE SCHOOL
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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