Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Somerset
- Town
- Ilminster
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Before 4th October 1927
Attended by: Mr F. H. Merryman, chairman of Somerset County Council
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24999
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Current location
On the wall of the South Aisle
St. Mary's Church
Court Barton
Ilminster
South Somerset
Somerset
TA19 0DU
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 36026 14572
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Ilminster Grammar School
Ilminster
South Somerset
Somerset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 360 146
Denomination: Undefined
- Ilminster Grammar School
- Description
- Wall-mounted, bronze plaque with embossed lettering. School crest and motto on the plaque at top left: commemoration is above the names which are in two columns, separated by a single line. The whole is set within a marble frame. It is identical to the school's WW2 memorial (IWM 25001) which it is hung beside. There is a small brass plaque beneath the pair explaining their history. Originally the bronze tablet was originally mounted on a concrete block at the entrance to the new buildings.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF/ THIS SCHOOL WHO FELL IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baker, B S
Bicknell, J M
Bryant, G F
Coombes, B
Cranford, L G
Crough, H E
Elswood, C
Handel, K
Huddy, E
Huddy, J
See details for all 21 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 21
Served and returned: 0
Died: 21
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials, rank, regiment, honours
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
- 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 - Reference
- Western Morning News - Tuesday 04 October 1927 Page 11 £5,000 EXTENSIONS ILMINSTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL NEW BUILDINGS OPENED ---
- Langport & Somerton Herald - Saturday 08 October 1927 Page 6 £5,000 EXTENSIONS ILMINSTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL NEW BUILDINGS OPENED ---
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