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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Mendip
- Town
- Mells
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Faculty Granted
Date: 30 June 1949
Attended by:
- Faculty Granted
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1388
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Current location
At the west end of the north aisle
St Andrew's Church
Mells
Mendip
Somerset
BA11 3PW
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 727830 49283
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular stone tablet with additional tablet added to the base of the WW2 names. Dedicatory inscription in blue lettering WW1 names in red lettering and WW2 names in black lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN FOREIGN LANDS AND DIED/ FOR ENGLAND THE MEN AND WOMEN OF MELLS HAVE/ SET UP THIS STONE IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE/ 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ THEY SOUGHT THE GLORY OF THEIR COUNTRY/ THEY BEHOLD THE GLORY OF GOD/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Asquith, Raymond
Baber, Francis
Bates, Geoffrey
Burford, Charles
Burge, Oliver
Burge, Stanley
Grace, Alfred
Hames, Wyndham
Hinks, Roy
Horner, Edward
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 30MM, height 1440MM, width 1600MM
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
- 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
- Church of St Andrew, Mells WWI & II
- WMO ID: 205125
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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