Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Taunton Deane
- Town
- Bishops Lydeard
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24894
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Current location
ROADSIDE
Village St
Bishops Lydeard
Taunton Deane
Somerset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 168 298
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TALL OCTAGONAL LATIN CROSS, APPARENTLY MODELLED ON A "BLOMFIELD CROSS", ON OCTAGONAL PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- IN GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR/ KING AND COUNTRY/ 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, W
Boles, H
Browning, H
Doble, L
Esdale, A
Ferguson, R
Ford, H
Gibbs, H
Greedy, T
Gulliford, A
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3100MM
Materials: Granite
- Cross
- Listing information
- Bishop's Lydeard 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
- Condition
- Bishops Lydeard
- WMO ID: 124582
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 12-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
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