
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Charminster
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1112
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Current location
On northn wall of south aisle.
St Mary's Church
West Hill
Charminster
West Dorset
Dorset
DT2 9RD
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 67918 92694
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Plain rectangular stone tablet with incised inscription in black painted lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE/ LOVED MEMORY OF/ W. R. M./ MEYER/ "PETER"/ SON OF W. R. MEYER/ AND HUSBAND OF DOROTHY,/ HE DIED/ AND WAS BURIED AT SEA/ 26TH AUGUST 1942./ MINE OWN WILL I CALL FROM/ THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Meyer, W.r.m.
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Year died,place of death,forename,surname,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 500MM, width 250MM
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
- Grade I
- 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
- W R M MEYER
- WMO ID: 121397
- Condition: Good [last updated on 14-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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