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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Charmouth
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26645
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Current location
EAST WALL
ST ANDREWS CHURCH
The Street
Charmouth
West Dorset
Dorset
DT6 6FF
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 36428 93596
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Brass plaque on a wooden backboard , ships badge at top , single line border , lettering, badge and border incised and coloured black.
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ HUGH LEIGH NORRIS/ FLEET SURGEON RN HMS INDEFATIGABLE/ SON OF THE LATE DR. HENRY EDMONDS NORRIS /OF CHARMOUTH,/ WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND /MAY 31ST 1916/ ERECTED BY HIS WIFE/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Norris, Hugh Leigh
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: given name , surname, service , unit , place of death,date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- H L NORRIS
- WMO ID: 97541
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 05-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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