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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Dorset
- Town
- Sherborne
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- VC or GC Recipients
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th September 2004
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53297
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Current location
ANTECHAPEL
SHERBORNE SCHOOL
Sherborne
West Dorset
Dorset
DT9 3AP
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 637 165
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- DARK METAL PLAQUE. VICTORIA CROSS TOP CENTRE. NAMES AND CROSS IN GOLD LETTERING. STEPPED CORNERS.
- Inscription
- FOR VALOUR/ (NAMES)/ THE VICTORIA CROSS, THE NATION'S HIGHEST HONOUR FOR GALLANTRY IN BATTLE WAS FIRST AWARDED FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY IN THE RUSSIAN WAR OF 1854/56./ THIS MEMORIAL TO OLD SHIRBURNIANS WHO HAVE WON THE VC WAS PLACED IN THE YEAR 2004 , THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OUTBREAK OF THAT WAR.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 4
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank, regiment, forename, decorations
Order of information: date
- VC or GC Recipients
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 50 CM, width 87 CM
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
- VC WINNERS SHERBORNE SCHOOL
- WMO ID: 72208
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-04-2020]
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- History
- Chapel Grade 1 Listed.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- OLD SHIRBURNIANS
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