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
- 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
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Wall
- 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
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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