Christchurch War Memorial

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Reference WMO/119148

Address:

Christ Church Churchyard

Church Road

Christchurch

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wheel cross
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Standing within the churchyard near the northern corner.A tall, slender column surmounted by a small wheel cross, upon an octagonal plinth which is raised on a three-tiered base. It appears to be of limestone, but with a wash-surface which is wearing away in places. The front face of the plinth bears the general commemoration for WW1, in leaded letters, with the faces either side each bearing the names of 12 men who lost their lives (24 in total): these are arranged alphabetically by surname (except for the last one) and give just one first name. No ranks or units are listed. On the next face around the plinth are similarly listed the names of 6 men who gave their lives in WW2, but not in alphabetical order.
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IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR _______ 1914-1919

(1914-1919) (Left face) ERNEST BROWN, FRANCIS CHAPMAN, CHARLES FEW, HERBERT FISHER, PERCY GOODGER, DICK GOODGER, WALTER GOODGER, BERN. HUTCHINSON, BERT LOWE, FRANK LOWE, ERNEST PEEL, WALTER POOLE, (Right face) WILLIAM ROLFE, ISAAC RUSSELL, WILLIAM SHEPHERD, ALFRED SMITH, HARRY SMITH, WALTER SMITH, JOHN SPARROW, EDWARD STIMSON, ERNEST SWANN, ALBERT TROWER, JOHN TROWER, STANLEY HYDE. (1939-1945) RONALD FRANCE, NORMAN PARKER, PERCY MONEY, JACK BELLAMY, LEONARD WRIGHT, COLIN ROLFE.

Grade II (England)

1161189

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