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West Lulworth WW1 Old Memorial

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Reference WMO/192694

Address:

Old Cemetery

Main Road

West Lulworth

BH20 5RN

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)
About the memorial: This memorial cross was dedicated in August 1919 as a memorial to the fallen of West Lulworth and others connected with the village; it was also a memorial for the Rev. William Percy Schuster, who had died in Novermber 1914 after being vicar of the parish for 27 years. The memorial is located in the Old Cemetery on the site of the old church that was demolished in 1869 when a new one was built a short distance away. One face of the memorial plinth, that facing away from the road, includes the dedication to the Rev. Schuster; the other three faces of the plinth contain the names of those men that died in the war, those connected with the village including 2nd Lieutenant C J C Schuster, the great nephew of the former vicar. Subsequently another village memorial was constructed at a nearby crossroads (WMO reference West Lulworth 121581). As the names are hard to read in the photographs, they are listed in the appropriate section of this entry.
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See the photographs; the following information has been extracted from the Western Gazette, 15 August 1919: [Front] In affectionate and grateful memory of those who from this village gave their lives for their country in the war with Germany from the 5th August 1914, to the 11th November, 1918. Whosever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall find it. [Right Side] Ernest Budden, Dorset Yeomanry, killed at the Dardanelles, aged 22; William Charles, Corp., 5th Batt. Dorset Regiment, killed at the Dardanelles, aged 29; Bertram Whittle, B Coy., 5th Batt. Dorset Regiment, killed at the Dardanelles, aged 27; Frederick George Dorey, R.N., killed in the explosion on board H.M.S. Bulwark, 1914, aged 44; Thomas Hawkins, Motor Transport, aged 26; Walter E. Thompson, G.N.R., Blue Marines, H.M.S. Suffolk, aged 50; Thomas Hawkins, Lancashire Fusiliers, aged 30; Sidney Whittle, Dorset Regiment, aged 28. [Right-hand Side] Charles William Haime, killed at Salonica, aged 33; Ernest William Cleall, 1st Yorkshire Regiment, died from wounds in France, aged 23; Henry Riggs, Labour Corps, aged 31; Frank Chas, Driver, R.F.A., died at Salisbury Camp, aged 21; Alfred Legg, 75th Batt. Canadian Regiment, aged 39; Ernest James, 1st Battalion Dorset Regiment, aged 19; Frederick Hyde, 6th Battalion, Wilts Regiment, aged 21; Frank Williams, died at Haslar, aged 20. [Left-hand Side] Also in loving memory of Arthur Edward Silverton [i.e. Silvertop], R.N., Commander of H.M.S. Defence, lost in the battle of Jutland; Erland Godfrey Hadow, M.C., Captain 17th West Yorkshire Regiment, killed in France, 1917, aged 42; Christopher John Claud Schuster, 2nd-Lieut. (attached 1st Rifle Brigade), aged 19; Arthur Carr Glyn Lonsdale, Lieut., King’s Royal Rifles, killed 1915, who from early boyhood were connected with this place. [Rear] And in ever loving memory of William Percy Schuster, for 27 years Vicar of this parish, who died 6th November 1914. By Maria Theresa his wife. ‘There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things are passed away.’

Front: Ernest Budden, William Charles, Bertram Whittle, Frederick George Dorey, Thomas Hawkins, Walter E. Thompson, Thomas Hawkins, Sidney Whittle; Right: Charles William Haime, Ernest William Cleall, Henry Riggs, Frank Charles, Alfred Legg, Ernest James, Frederick Hyde, Frank Williams; Left: Arthur Edward Silvertop, Erland Godfrey Hadow, Christopher John Claud Schuster, Arthur Carr-Glyn Lonsdale; Rear: The Rev. William Percy Schuster

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