
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Weymouth And Portland
- Town
- Portland
- County
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 995
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Current location
East wall of north transept.
St. Peter Church
Grove Road
Portland
Weymouth And Portland
Dorset
DT5 1DB
England
OS Grid Ref: SY6988972581
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Memorial tablet Church used by the Military garrison at Vern Citadel.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE TWO WORLD WARS. 1914-1918 / (names) / 1939-1945 / (names) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baigent, W E
Bennet, B J F
Bowyer, G F
Bruce, H E
Burch, A C
Cawtherey, H
Cottell, W
Cross, E
Gee, C
Gerrard, F E
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 36
Served and returned: 0
Died: 36
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname. - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 900mm, width 1050mm
Materials: Stone
- 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
- ST PETER'S CHURCH
- WMO ID: 121514
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-03-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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