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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Mendip
- Town
- Mells
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1385
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Current location
Selwood Street/ Fairview
Mells
Mendip
Somerset
BA11 3QJ
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 72918 49146
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Curved wall with a column centrally surmounted by St George. Three stone tablets attached to the wall with the names, two circular.
- Inscription
- THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ WE DIED IN/ A STRANGE LAND/ FACING/ THE DARK CLOUD/ OF WAR/ AND THIS STONE/ IS RAISED TO US/ IN THE HOME/ OF OUR DELIGHT/ MCMXIV &MCMXIX/ MCMXXXIX/ MCM XLV (BRIDGES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Asquith, Raymond
Baber, Francis
Bates, Stanley Geoffrey
Burford, Charles
Burge, Oliver Samuel
Burge, Stanley
Chamberlalin, Edgar
Fricker, Edwin
Grace, Alfred
Hames, Wyndham
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment, forename
Order of information: Alphabeticle by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Alphabeticle by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Figure
- Listing information
- Mells 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
- Mells War Memorial
- WMO ID: 205120
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £400
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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