Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- West Somerset
- Town
- Alcombe
- County
- Somerset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 72671
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Current location
Manor Road
Alcombe
West Somerset
Somerset
TA24 6EJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SS 97427 44773
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Pavilion with tiled roof supported by four stone pillars and covering a pentaptych centrally. The whole is enclosed by a stone wall and wrought iron gate. There is a stone planter with a dedicatory plaque inside the wall. The pentaptych sits on a white stone slab with its outer doors containg WW2 names and the inner WW1.The central panel has a cross attached.
- Inscription
- On pentaptych: FOR/ GOD, KING & COUNTRY./ NEVER FORGET/ THAT ALL THESE LIVES/ WERE WILLINGLY GIVEN/ THAT YOU MIGHT BE/ FREE. On planter: In Loving Memory/ J LOCKER AND COMRADES/ WHO FELL AT ARRAS/ April 26 1917/ R.I.P.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Building
- Listing information
- Alcombe War Memorial
- 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
- Alcombe Pentaptych WWI & WWII Pavilion
- WMO ID: 191842
- Condition: Good [last updated on 05-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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