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Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
District
Winchester
Town
Bighton
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21744

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Current location

All Saints Church
Manor Road
Bighton
Winchester
Hampshire
SO24 9RA
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 61007 34486
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
WOODEN SCREEN .
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD./ 1914-1919/ IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE EMPIRE AND A THANK OFFERING FROM THE PEOPLE OF BIGHTON THAT SO MANY MEN WERE PRESERVED IN DANGER AND SPARED RETURN TO THEIR HOMES/ FAUX DEO/ ALL THESE WERE HONOURED IN THEIR GENERATION AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIME/ (NAMES)/ PRO PATRIA IHS IN MEMORIAM/ (NAMES)/ THOU WAST THEIR ROCK THEIR FORTRESS AND THEIR MIGHT/ THOU LORD THEIR CAPTAIN IN THE WELL FOUGHT FIGHT/ THOU IN THE DARKNESS DREAR THEIR ONE TRUE LIGHT/ ALLELUIA/ THE GOLDEN EVENING BRIGHTENS IN THE WEST/ SOON SOON TO FAITHFUL WARRIORS COMES THEIR REST/ SWEET IS THE CALM OF PARADISE THE BLEST/ ALLELUIA./ OBEY THY SOLDIERS FAITHFUL TRUE AND BOLD/ FIGHT AS THE SAINTS WHO NOBLY FOUGHT OF OLD/ AND WIN WITH THEM THE VICTORS CROWN OF GOLD/ ALLELUIA 1939-1945/name
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Appleton, J
Appleton, R
Bartlett, C
Bray, H
Burgess, C
Burgess, G
Butler, H
Childs, J
Crough, H
Dickson, A
See details for all 48 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 47
    Served and returned: 44
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, year died, decorations
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Screen
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Bighton Church PCC
Reference
  • www.hampshirewarmemorials.com.
  • www.allsaintsbighton.com for an online exhibition of the men of the village who served in WW1

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