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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wimborne
- Town
- Cranborne
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26605
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Current location
The memorial is located on a green at the junction of Wimborne Street and Castle Street.
Cranborne
Wimborne
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 05530 13225
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- UNKNOWN TYPE. ON SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND'S HONOUR 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, Percy
Bole, Victor C
Girling, Charles J
Lonnen, Frank
Old, William A
Pogue, Reginald T
Steele, R Tom
Todman, George
Trim, E John
Wareham, Claud A
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Cranborne
- WMO ID: 97581
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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