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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- New Forest
- Town
- Exbury
- County
- Hampshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 50699
Current location
ST KATHERINES CHURCH
Exbury
New Forest
Hampshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 428 003
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHURCH TOWER AND CHAPEL WITHIN THE CHURCH WITH DEDICATORY WOODEN BOARD SOWRD HILT CARVED AT THE TOP CENTRE OF THE BOARD WITH PART OF A LAUREL WREATH CARVED EITHER SIDE OF IT AS THOUGH IT WAS PLACED BEHIND THE INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THIS PARISH WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE CAUSE OF/ RIGHTEOUSNESS &/ LIBERTY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THIS TOWER AND CHAPEL/ ARE DEPICTED/ (NAMES)/ O VALIANT HEARTS WHO TO YOUR GLORY CAME/ THROUGH DUST OF CONFLICT & THROUGH BATTLE-FLAME/ TRANQUIL YOU LIE YOUR KNIGHTLY VIRTUE PROVED/ YOUR MEMROY HALLOWED IN THE LAND YOU LOVED
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Dobson, George
Fairweather, Cyril
Forster, John
Forstin, Alfred
Toms, Frederick
Toms, George
Warn, William
Wellstead, Edwin
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: year died,forename
Order of information: year died,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tower
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- New Forest Military Archive www.newforestmilitaryarchive.org.uk/Site/Exbury_War_Memorial.html
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