Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Wareham
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 924
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Current location
Beside St Martin's Church
St Martin's Church
North Street
Wareham
Purbeck
Dorset
BH20 4HE
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 92218 87694
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross set on a tapering shaft and a hexagonal plinth. The whole is set on two hexagonal steps.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ GREATER LOVE/ HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS/ (Names)/ AND 1939-1945. (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Allingham, Sydney
Arnold, Edmund Thomas
Arnold, Morris
Bartlett, Edward
Batty, William E
Best, Arthur F
Best, Leonard C
Biles, William Henry
Bridle, Frederick
Brown, George
See details for all 99 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 72
Served and returned: 0
Died: 72
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decorations
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland - Steps
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- 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
- Wareham
- WMO ID: 121585
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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