Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Thamesdown
- Town
- Swindon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51136
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Current location
Shopping Village
Kemble Drive
Swindon
Thamesdown
Wiltshire
SN2 2DY
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 1421184848
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WOODEN ROLL OF HONOUR WITH BRASS PLAQUES. NOW GLAZED. TRIANGULAR HEADED ROLL OF HONOUR OF THREE WOODEN PANELS WITH BRASS PLAQUES WITH DEDICATION AND LISTS OF NAMES INCLUDING 11 WHO "MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE". BLACK LETTERING. CIRCULAR LAUREL WREATH CARVED INTO THE WOOD OF THE TRIANGULAR TOP. HEAVY WOODEN FRAME NOW COVERING MEMORIAL AND GLASS GLAZED.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE IRON FOUNDRIES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ AND TO RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SERVED/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cox, A H
Ford, W F
Jones, J V
Joyce, W H
Lambourne, A H
Lockey, T
Loder, A R
Nash, C
Whitman, E R
Wilson, W R H
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 160
Served and returned: 149
Died: 11
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: surname,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Roll of honour
- 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
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