Dorchester Cenotaph

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Reference WMO/121509

Address:

South Walks Road

Junction with South Street

Dorchester

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • 20th Century Wars
About the memorial: Description taken from the Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Classified Print Collection catalogue (item HU 67082): 'This memorial is of Portland stone with panels of bronze. The whole was made and erected by workmen residing in the town. The name panels are of bronze having 238 names on them. The cenotaph is erected at the south end of the South Walks Avenue where six roads converge. It stands on a cement concrete foundation 12 feet deep into the old moat originally outside the old Roman wall at one time surrounding the town. At the back is a wreath and sword, similar to the front and a large panel. In the centre of this panel is a bronze plate with the inscription: 'This cenotaph was erected by public subscription and unveiled by the Rt. Hon. Lord Ellenborough C.B. on Empire Day 1921.' The above caption was written by A L T Tilley, Mayor of Dorchester 1920 and Chairmen of the memorial committee. Memorial cost œ700. Sculptor, Mr A Grassby of Dorchester. Bronze founder, Mr R Membury of Dorchester.'
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Front: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF DORCHESTER WHO IN THE GREAT WAR GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY Back: THIS CENOTAPH WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION AND UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ELLENBOROUGH CB ON EMPIRE DAY 1921/ A L TUNNETT MAYOR, 1920, CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE/ THIS MEMORIAL TABLET, ERECTED TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945, WAS UNVEILED BY HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF DORCHESTER, COUNCILLOR HENRY J LONGMAN 1948 AND 1949/ (Names)

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