Eldridge, Pope and Co Ltd (brewery)

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: West Dorset
Town: Dorchester
County: Dorset
Country: England
Commemoration: Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 48723

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Current location

Fixed to wall in Brewery yard
Thomas Hardy Brewery (Closed)
Weymouth Ave
Dorchester
West Dorset
Dorset
DT1 1GY
England

OS Grid Ref: SY 69141 90186
Denomination: Undefined

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Description

Stone tablet with line of foliage at the top

Inscription

IN PROUD MEMORY/ OF THOSE EMPLOYEES/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ 1939-1945/ (Names)

Inscription legible?

Commemorations

Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname

Components

Tablet
Measurements: height 610 mm, width 305 mm
Materials: Stone

Listing information

This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
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Condition

ELDRIDGE POPE BREWERY WW2
WMO ID: 76478
Condition: Good [last updated on 06-03-2018]
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History

August 2007: Brewery is being demolished. Status of memorial unknown. Lettering suffering erosion.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

A Century of British Brewers plus plus 1890-2012 by Norman Barber, Mike Brown and Ken Smith p.33 Published:Longfield Brewery History Society 2012 Longfield, Kent Eldridge Pope's pub estate was separated fro the brewery in 1996, and a management buyout followed in 1997. This merged with Burtonwood in 1998 as Thomas Hardy Burtonwood.

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