Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
- District
- Bournemouth
- Town
- Boscombe
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 49058
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Current location
St Johns Church
Christchurch Road
Boscombe
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH1 4AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 11059 91717
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Porch with dedicatory tablet on exterior wall facing the road below a window.
- Inscription
- Above left door: THANKS BE TO GOD WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY. Above right door: MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US. Tablet in external wall of porch: THIS PORCH IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN HONOUR OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH AND CONGREGATION/ WHO YIELDED THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914.1918
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Porch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Tablet
- 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
- St John's Church Porch Dedicatory Tablet
- WMO ID: 76148
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 24-03-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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