Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Sedgemoor
Town
Lympsham, Weston-super-Mare
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 26 June 1920
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
  • Dedicated
    Date: 26 June 1920
    Attended by: Reverend J H H Dunbar, Vicar of Kewstoke
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24744

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Current location

St. Christopher's Church
Church Road
Lympsham
Weston-super-Mare
Sedgemoor
Somerset
BS24 0DT
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 33516 54166
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A wall-mounted white marble tablet, mounted on a black stone backboard. The tablet is pitched at the top and with a shelf and corbels below. The inscription is in incised black lettering. On either side of the tablet is a figure of a soldier with a rifle at ease.
Inscription
ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS / TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE IMMORTAL DEAD, WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918. / (9 NAMES) / "THERE IS BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL, / FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE, / WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL ? / WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE ?" / AND WORLD WAR 1939 -1945 / (2 NAMES) / "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY" I.COR. XV. v.54. / (1 NAME)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bennett, Christopher J
Binning, Reginald
Brown, John Alward
Butt, Charles
Fisher, Ernest
Grandfield, Georges
Grandfield, Henry
Harrison, Henry
James, Charles
Mellish, John
See details for all 18 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname.
    Order of information: By rank.
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: depth 110MM, height 850MM, width 1170MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • Weston Mercury and Somersetshire Herald, 3 July 1920.

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