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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- Weare
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: March 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24865
Current location
St. Gregory's Church
Sparrow Hill Way
Weare
Sedgemoor
Somerset
BS26 2LE
England
OS Grid Ref: ST41404 52683
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH DARK STONE MOUNT. BLACK LETTERING. TABLET IS CURVED AT TOP WITH WOODEN SHELF BELOW.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE WEARE PARISH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ (NAMES)/ ERECTED BY MR ROBERT HAM, VICARS CHURCHWARDEN, MARCH 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, A C
Berry, W J
Body, J C
Day, I
Grimstead, F J
Loxton, R J E
Nuttycombe, E
Wall, B
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment,additional
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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
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