Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Leigh
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1060
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Current location
N WALL
ST ANDREWS CHURCH
Leigh
West Dorset
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 617 086
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- ON WOODEN BASE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / [NAMES] / RIP
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Batten, George
Fox, Frederick
Guppy, Joseph
King, Edward
New, William
Smale, William
Stainer, Oscar
Wallis, Charles
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 450MM, width 605MM
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Leigh
- WMO ID: 121449
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 02-06-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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