Charminster

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Reference WMO/121398

Address:

St Mary's Church

West Hill

Charminster

DT2 9RD

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Latin cross
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The memorial is in front of a church which now seems to be no longer in use - a notice on the front door says services are in the village hall. Not sure what the stone is, but it changes in the light very interestingly. Names are inscribed by date of death not alphabetically.
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To the Glory of God and in Memory of the Men of Charminster who laid down their lives in the Great War August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918This Cross is erected by the People of this Village to perpetuate their grateful remembrance and their hope for them in Christ Also in Memory of those who fell in the World War September 3rd 1939 to August 15th 1945

Lieut. Offley C.W. THOMPSON West Yorkshire Regt. France Sept 20 1914; Pte. Reginald F. WEEDEN Dorset Yeomanry Gallipoli Aug. 21 1915; Pte. Ernest R. ROLLS Dorset Regt. Gallipoli Dec. 8 1915; Pte. C. Rupert SKINNER R.F.A. France April 21 1916; Pte. Sydney THOMAS Sherwood Foresters France Sept. 16 1916; 2nd Lieut. Arthur SYMONDS R. Fusiliers France Feb. 17 1917; Pte. William H. KING Dorset Regt. Mesopotamia Feb 1917; Pte. Joseph T. WATTS R. Berkshire Regt. France March 11 1917; Pte. Frederick J. OXENBURY Dorset Regt. Mesopotamia June 9 1917; Pte. John FURMAGE Dorset Regt. Mesopotamia July 10 1917; Pte. M. Devenish MEYER Batt. Kings Own Shropshire L. I. Flanders May 4 1918 Pte. H. Devenish MEYER 3 (Transval) Batt South African Infantry Agagia Feb 26 1917; Sgt. Frederick E. KNIGHT 1/4 Dorset Reg. Bombay Jan 27 1920; Tpr Ernest R.G. SERTIN R.A.C. Mediterranean Jan 7th 1943; Sub Lt. Robert K.A. DRUCE R.N.V.R. Mediterranean June 11th 1943; Lt Col. William D. BLACKER D.S.O. R.H.A. France July 11th 1944; Cpt. William H. RICHARDS R.A.C. Holland Sept. 26th 1944; Pte. W. Thomas SNOOK East Surrey Regt. Italy Dec 1st 1944; Major W. Malcolm DEAS R.T.R. R.A.C. Germany April 21st 1946.

Grade II (England)

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