Memorial details

Memorial type
Shelter
District
South Somerset
Town
Drayton
County
Somerset
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
24926

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Current location

At junction of Church Street and North Street
Church St
Drayton
South Somerset
Somerset
TA10 0JY
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 40573 24769
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Four steps lead up to a shelter with inset niche in which are name tablets. Dedicatory tablets are on the outer ends of the wall. A thatched roof covers the whole structure.
Inscription
FRONT, LEFT SIDE: THEIR NAME/ LIVETH FRONT, RIGHT SIDE: FOR/ EVERMORE FRONT, CENTRE: (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAME) LEFT SIDE: IN HONOUR OF THE DRAYTON MEN WHO FELL IN THE WAR 1914 - 1918 RIGHT SIDE: FRANCE PALESTINE
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Alford, Herbert
Dabinett, Richard J
Dabinett, Richard P A
Gillard, William
Gould, Bert
Parsons, Charles
Smith, Burt
Stone, Cliford
Trott, Bernard
Trott, Harry
See details for all 11 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 10
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 10
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname,forename
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: forename
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • First World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Second World War memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Shelter
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone, Plant Material
Listing information
  • Drayton 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
In 2018 this war memorial received a grant of £1,020 from War Memorials Trust towards conservation works. The thatched roof had rotted and so was carefully stripped and rethatched using combed wheat including flush cut ridge to match original material and desig
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • War Memorials Trust Bulletin 80, February 2019-Frint cover image

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