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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Northavon
Town
North Weston
County
Avon
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
50530

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Current location

26
North Weston Village Hall
Clevedon Road
North Weston
Northavon
Avon
BS20 6TB
England

OS Grid Ref: ST 46239 75037
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Hand-made, heavily carved, lancet-topped varnished wooden board with a small shelf along the bottom. Cross with crown above the inscription. Above that is the badge of Somerset Light Infantry. Along the bottom, beneath the small shelf, are the badges of the Royal Naval Crown, the 3rd Buffs, the Machine Gun Corps, the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and the Cornwall Light Infantry. Two small plinths on either side for small vases.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN/ OF NORTH WESTON WHO DIED/ IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAME)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adair, Frederick Joseph
Bessant, Ernest Gilbert
Bound, Thomas
Brown, Alfred Ernest
Churchill, Ernest
Coombs, Victor
Creese, Reginald Seymour
Davies, Edward George
Marsh, Frederick
Marsh, Henry
See details for all 12 names
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: rank,regiment,forename
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 12
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 12
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
    Order of information: rank,regiment,forename
Components
  • Plaques / Panels with names
    Measurements: height 900MM, width 570MM
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Portishead & North Weston town Council. The Flock Hall, High Street, Portishead BS20 6PR
Reference
  • Anonymous, 'Plans for a new village hall', North Somerset Times, 28 July 2004.

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