
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Hilfield
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53264
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Current location
ST NICHOLAS CHURCH
Hilfield
West Dorset
Dorset
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 635 052
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL MOUNTED ENGRAVED TABLET INSCRIPTION IN BLACK. OUTLINE OF LATIN CROSS IN BLACK ON LEFT. BORDER OF TABLET RAISED.
- Inscription
- LET US HOLD IN EVERLASTING REMEMBRANCE/ THOSE THREE MEN/ OF HILFIELD SAINT NICHOLAS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR ENGLAND/ AS SOLDIERS IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Cornick, Walter John
Elsworth, Henry John
Perris, Bertram
See details for all 3 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 3
Died: 3
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 18 IN, width 27 IN
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Hilfield: Church of St Nicholas WWI
- WMO ID: 72241
- Condition: Good [last updated on 31-05-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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