Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Weymouth And Portland
- Town
- Wyke Regis
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 960
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Current location
All Saints Church
Portland Road
Wyke Regis
Weymouth And Portland
Dorset
DT4 9EZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 66219 77792
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone obelisk, on irregular stone base, piercing a square arched plinth and an inscribed stone ring. Plinth features bronze, inscribed plaque. Another inscribed, bronze plaque is at the base. Latin cross carved into top of obelisk.
- Inscription
- (Ring:) THAT RIGHT MAY PREVAIL OVER MIGHT (Plaque:) TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF ALL THOSE/ WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED HEREON. THIS/ MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY SUBSCRIPTION/ FROM THE PARISHIONERS OF WYKE REGIS/ IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO/ANSWERED TO THE CALL OF THEIR KING/ AND COUNTRY AND GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919 Each of 4 plaques: [names, the 4th of which is Naval personnel]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, H J
Barber, W F
Brantingham, G
Bull, J E
Burt, F T
Bury, C W
Churchill, J T E
Clark, A R J
Coker, T
Collins, R E
See details for all 52 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 52
Served and returned: 0
Died: 52
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, rank, service
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Plaques
- Listing information
- Wyke Regis War Memorial
- Grade II
- 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
- Wyke Regis
- WMO ID: 180513
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Subscriptions from parishoners of Wyke Regis.
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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