Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- Highbridge
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1921
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1400
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Current location
Opposite St. John the Evangelist Church
War Memorial WW1 and WW2
A38
Highbridge
Sedgemoor
Somerset
TA9 3AF
England
OS Grid Ref: ST32048 47600
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone cross set on large stone column. White marble tablets on each side bear inscription and names.
- Inscription
- ERECTED/ IN GRATEFUL & AFFECTIONATE MEMORY/ TO THE MEN OF HIGHBRIDGE/ WHO FELL WHILST SERVING/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE/ FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (NAMES)/ ALSO IN THE 1939-1945 WAR/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, H J
Davis, I E
Down, W J A
Earl, R N
Giles, F W
Giles, R
Harris, E J
Hole, A F
Luke, A E
Morgan, R H
See details for all 19 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 67
Served and returned: 0
Died: 67
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname
Order of information: Surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Highbridge 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
- Highbridge WW1 & 2
- WMO ID: 205927
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 17-02-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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