Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Salisbury
- Town
- Woodborough
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 70140
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Current location
Inside
St Mary Magdalene Church
Church Lane
Woodborough
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SN9 5PH
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 11324 60004
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A brass plaque set into a wooden backboard and mounted onto a wall in the church. The dedication is written in incised black lettering in the centre of the plaque. At the top of the plaque a trefoil head has been incised with ornamental design in the spaces above. Underneath is an incised image of a crown, a Latin cross and two flags crossed, the dedication is written below.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ THE HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918/ FREDERICK WILLIAM DOGGETT 7th Wilts Regt/ THOMAS HERBERT DOGGETT 16th Royal Warwicks/ FRANCIS WILLIAM FERRIS Royal Fusiliers/ SYDNEY HERBERT GALE 3rd Wilts/ WILLIAM HENRY GIDDINGS Rifle Brigade/ EDWARD JOHN GIFFORD 7th Wilts/ EDWARD HARRIS 2nd Wilts/ ARTHUR CECIL KEW 2nd Wilts/ JAMES LAY Leinster Regt/ WALTER EDGAR SANDFORD R.G.A./ ARTHUR HENRY STRATTON Hants Regt/ "In glory do they sleep and endless sanctity"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Doggett, Frederick William
Doggett, Thomas Herbert
Ferris, Francis William
Gale, Sydney Herbert
Giddings, William Henry
Gifford, Edward John
Harris, Edward
Kew, Arthur Cecil
Lay, James
Sandford, Walter Edgar
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
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