Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
South Somerset
Town
Yeovil
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), VC or GC Recipients
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 15 July 1921
    Attended by: Mayor Alderman W. R. E. Mitchelmore - Mayor Lieut. Col. F.D.Unwick D.S.O.
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
1404

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Current location

Wine Street Triangle
Yeovil
South Somerset
Somerset
BA20 1PW
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 55686 15946
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Eleanor cross mounted on octagonal castellated plinth. Plinth has gothic arch insets with plaques with names mounted within.
Inscription
TO THE/ IMMORTAL/ MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ THIS TOWN/ WHO/ LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ IN/ WORLD WAR II/ AND OTHER WARS/ SONS OF THIS/ PLACE LET THIS/ OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO/ LIVE ARE WORTHY/ OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR/ LIVES THAT YOU/ WHO LIVE MAY/ REAP A RICHER/ HARVEST ERE YOU/ FALL ASLEEP/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abbott, N F
Abbott, W J
Adams, H D
Adams, W H
Aldworth, P
Allen, W W
Andrew, R E
Arnold, D A
Axe, W J
Bagwell, W T
See details for all 354 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 226
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 226
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 116
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 116
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Ham
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Ham
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
  • THE YEOVIL FIRST WORLD 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
2018 name of C Langtry added to memorial 2012 July name of Lt A G Horwood VC, DCM added to WW2 names. 2008: The stone pillars on the memorial were damaged when a man climbed on the memorial. The man was charged by police. 2006: WW2 name of LCpl P Perry added 2006: Name of a WW2 casualty, Lance Coporal Phillip Perry, RAOC, who died in a Japanese POW camp but was omitted from the memorial, was added in April 2004: To be cleaned by the town council in MArch
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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