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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Somerset
- Town
- Timberscombe
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24779
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Current location
ST PETROCKS CHURCH
Timberscombe
West Somerset
Somerset
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 956 420
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SIMPLE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE INCISED CROSS BREAKING TOP LINE OF INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND/ CLIFFORD MERSON/ L. CORPL. DUKE OF CORNWALL'S LT. INF./ KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME/ 16TH SEPT. 1916. AGED 34 YEARS/ "THY WILL BE DONE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Battersby, Eric
Chapman, Frank
Elford, George
Thorne, Reginald
Thorne, Sidney
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST PETROCK
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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