Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- Cannington
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 46319
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Current location
The Blessed Virgin Mary Church
Church Street
Cannington
Sedgemoor
Somerset
TA5 2HS
England
OS Grid Ref: ST25795 39523
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- NOWY HEADED BOARD WITH FIVE PANELS OF NAMES
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ SERVED ABROAD IN THE NAVY AND ARMY IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ AND MANY CONNECTED WITH THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL/ THESE MEN OF OURS UNSELFISH UNAFRAID/ WENT TO THE WORLD WIDE FIGHT/ FORGET NOT HOW THEY FOUGHT AND HOW WE PRAYED/ FOR ENGLAND AND FOR RIGHT/ 1914 1919/ *KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED ABROAD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ackland, Frank H
Allen, E Percy
Allen, Fred J
Allen, George
Bailey, Fred
Bailey, Henry J
Baker, E T
Barrett, Benjamin
Barrett, Joseph
Bartholomew, Charles
See details for all 139 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 155
Served and returned: 139
Died: 16
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,forename
Order of information: rank
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: height 1450MM, width 1700MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Serving Men of Cannington Parish
- WMO ID: 241750
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- CANNING01
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