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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Trophy / Relic
- District
- Sedgemoor
- Town
- Westonzoyland
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72665
Current location
Standards Road
Westonzoyland
Sedgemoor
Somerset
TA7 0EL
England
OS Grid Ref: ST 35097 34777
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WW1 shell case surmounting a stone plinth and set in an alcove of a wall. Bronze plaque attached to the shell case bears dedication.
- Inscription
- THI SHELL WAS PRESENTED/ TO WESTONZOYLAND PARISH/ COUNCIL TO COMMEMORATE/ THE MEMORY OF LOCAL MEN/ WHO SERVED IN THE/ 1914-1918 WAR/ WAS ERECTED BY/ C&A STACEY BROS/ WHO SERVED.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Trophy / Relic
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Trophy / Relic
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL ON ROADSIDE AT NGR ST 3510 3478 TO WEST OF SEDGEMOOR INN
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Westonzoyland WW1
- WMO ID: 191890
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 08-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
Details: Erected by Charles Stacey (late 160463 Sapper, Royal Engineers) and Alfred Stacey (late 855 Private, West Somerset Yeomanry and 295116 Somerset Light Infantry) , two brothers who served and who built the house in which front garden the memorial stands. In November 2018 a member of the family still lives in the house whose deeds mention the shell. A third brother, Wallace, was killed in 1917 and is buried at Gaza (31541 Shoeing Smith, Warwickshire Yeomanry)
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