St Mary the Virgin Church Roll of Honour

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Reference WMO/188158

Address:

Sherborne Abbey

Half Moon Street

Sherborne

DT9 3LQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Roll of Honour or Book of Remembrance
Materials:
  • Glass Glass
  • Other Other
  • Paper Paper
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: A leather bound Book of Remembrance in a glass topped wooden case, in the Ambulatory of the Abbey beside the Lady Chapel and near the Dorset Regiment 6th Battalion Memorial Screen. The Abbey is otherwise known as St Mary the Virgin Church, so the memorial is on its original site.
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Cover: ROLL OF HONOUR/ THE CHURCH OF/ ST MARY THE VIRGIN/ SHERBORNE/ REST ETERNAL GRANT THEM O LORD/ AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM End Cover: LADY CHAPEL/ ST MARY THE VIRGIN/ SHERBORNE/ DORSET Inside front cover: IN MEMORIAM GMG FROM GHG AND MG/ THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED/ TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL AND EVER LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ GERARD MONTAGUE GORDON/ CAPTAIN AND ADJUTANT/ ROYAL FUSILIERS/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR RENINGHELST/ JUNE 9 1917/ AND ALSO IN HONOUR OF ALL MEN OF/ SHERBORNE/ WHO FOUGHT AND DIED/ ALL THAT LIFE CONTAINS OF TORTURE AND TOIL AND TREASON/ SHAME DISHONOUR DEATH, TO HIM WERE BUT A NAME/ HOPE, A BOY, HE DWELT THROUGH ALL THE SINGING SEASON/ AND ERE THE DAY OF SORROW DEPARTED AS HE CAME/ R.L.S.

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