Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Owermoigne
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 99
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Current location
St Michael's Church
Church Lane
Owermoigne
West Dorset
Dorset
DT2 8HS
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 76897 85318
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A rectangular tablet dedicated to the First World War set above a smaller rectangular tablet dedicated to the Second World War. The dedications are written in black lettering.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF OWERMOIGNE/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (Names) FOR KING AND COUNTRY/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashburner, John, Forbes, Campbell
Ashburner, Lionel, Charles, Brian
Colehan, Edgar Ralph
Cree, Adrian Victor
Frizzell, Edward, Charles, James
Gale, Herbert
Garland, Victor Claude
Hansford, George
Kerslake, George
Pearce, Alfred
See details for all 13 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment, rank, date of death, place of death, age at death.
Order of information: Date of death. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: height 4FT, width 2FT
Materials: Marble - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
- 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
- OWERMOIGNE ST MICHAEL'S PARISHIONERS WW1
- WMO ID: 122347
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-12-2014]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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