Fordington Cemetery - German Prisoners Of War - WW1

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

First World War (1914-1918)

Maker

K Bartholmay (Architect)
Josef Walter (Sculptor)

Ceremony

Unveiled
Date: 1919
Attended by:

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

1020

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Current location

The memorial can be seen in the cemetery from the Holloway Road
St Georges Church
High Street
Fordington
West Dorset
Dorset
DT1 1LB
England

OS Grid Ref: SY 69997 90586
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

A tablet in an alcove in a wall flanked by two iron crosses. There is a figure of a kneeling, helmeted German soldier with head bowed, holding a rifle, on the tablet.

Inscription

HIER RUHEN DEUTSCHE KRIEGER IN/ FREMDER ERDE DOCH UNVERGESSEN/ 1914 DORCHESTER 1919/ Translated as:- Here rest German warriors in foreign soil yet unforgotten.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: depth 330mm, height 1295mm, width 1300mm
Materials: Stone - Portland
Wall
Measurements: depth 1450mm, height 1910mm, width 2940mm
Materials: Stone - Portland

Listing information

Fordington German Prisoners of 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

German Prisoners of War WW1, Dorchester
WMO ID: 231386
Condition: Good [last updated on 05-05-2016]
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History

Restored by the German Embassy in 1990.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Responsibility

Dorchester Town Council

Reference

Newspaper - Western Gazette 20 September 1990 Book - Dorchester Remembers the Great War by Brian Bates, ISBN 978-1-906651-16-9, published by Roving Press Ltd, www.rovingpress.co.uk

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