Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bournemouth
- Town
- Bournemouth
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51386
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Current location
St Augustin's Church
St Augustin's Road
Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH2 6NX
England
OS Grid Ref: SZ 08930 92439
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- UPRIGHT RECTANGULAR BRONZE PLAQUE WITH SEMI CIRCULAR TOP THE TOP OF THE PLAQUE HAS A CENTRAL FIGURE OF CHRIST WITH HIS HANDS OUTSTRETCHED HOLDING PALMS IN HIS HANDS. TWO ANGELS ARE BEHIND HIM. THERE IS A LARGE CENTRAL CROSS ON THE MAIN PORTION OF THE MEMORIAL WITH THE TWO COLUMNS OF NAMES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE VERTICAL POST OF THE CROSS. UNDER THE LOWER INSCRIPTION ARE THREE CHERUBS FACES WHICH ARE SURROUNDED BY WINGS.
- Inscription
- IN EVERLASTING/ MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES/ ARE HERE INSCRIBED/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR AD 1914 - 1918/ (NAMES)/ REST ETERNAL GRANT UNTO THEM O LORD/ AND MAY LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adlem, William
Andrews, Charles
Barnes, Richard
Barrow, Norman
Birdwood, Gordon
Blair, Aleander
Brown, William C
Bumstead, George
Burgess, Guy
Chaplin, Aubrey
See details for all 66 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname,forename,decorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1680MM, width 530MM
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- MEMORIAL MOVED WITHIN THE CHURCH
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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