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Yarlington War Memorial - Taken by Maigheach-gheal (geograph) licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons License 19 Oct 2008
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Inscription detail - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Full memorial - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Inscription detail showing missing letters & dirt - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Inscription detail showing missing letters & dirt - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Cracking to bottom edge of main inscription panel - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Biological growth - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
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Biological growth - Taken by War Memorials Trust 27 Jul 2017
Reference WMO/200333
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- Stone Limestone
- Stone Slate
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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The inscription on the south face reads: 'IN GRATITUDE TO THE MEN OF / YARLINGTON WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES / FOR KING AND COUNTRY BEYOND THE / SEAS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918'. A stone plaque on the east face is inscribed: 'IF HIS DUST ONE DAY IS LYING/ IN AN UNFAMILIAR LAND / ENGLAND HE WENT FOR YOU / ENGLAND; THINK OF HIM AS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS / IN THE NOONTIDE AND THE EVEN / AS ONCE HE THOUGHT OF YOU'. In memory of Edwin George Englesby Wright M.C. 2nd Lieut. Somerset Light Infantry killed at Ypres 16th June 1916 Age 23 and of Thomas Cundy Trooper 1st Dragoon Guards killed in action in France March 1918.
Edwin George Englesby Wright, Thomas Cundy.
Grade II (England)
1407599
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