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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Purbeck
- Town
- Sandford
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 7th November 1999
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Sherborne, Rt Rev John Kirkham
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 48834
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Current location
Sandford St.Martin's CE School
Sandford
Purbeck
Dorset
BH20 7BN
England
OS Grid Ref: SY 920 890
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- STONE PILLAR ON TWO-STEPPED BASE WITH BLACK POLISHED GRANITE TABLET WITH GOLD LETTERING
- Inscription
- SANDFORD/ AND/ HOLTON HEATH/ WAR MEMORIAL/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945 (NAMES)/ (FOUR LINE INSCRIPTION UNKNOWN WORDING)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: height c.1800mm
Materials: Stone - Tablet
Measurements: height c.700mm, width c.350mm
Materials: Granite - Black
- Pillar
- 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
- SANDFORD AND HOLTON HEATH
- WMO ID: 76371
- Condition: Good [last updated on 30-08-2017]
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- Costs
Memorial: £1000
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Daily Echo, Tuesday 9 November 1999
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