Shaftesbury Memorial Cross

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Reference WMO/97459

Address:

Park Walk

Shaftesbury

SP7 8JR

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:
  • Metal Iron
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Latin cross on plinth surmounting two-stepped base. The whole surrounded by decorated, iron railings. Celtic knot work and winged angel carvings on shaft. The memorial is set in a pedestrian area adjoining the Abbey museum.
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Lest we forget. In proud and grateful memory of the men of Shaftesbury who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 -1919. Remembering also those who made the supreme sacrifice 1939-1945.

WWI - Harry W. Alner, Sidney W. Alner, Fredk. T. Atkinson, William Bastable, Harry Bastable, Charles Belbin, William Belbin, Charles Blake, Charles Brickell, Frederick Brickell, James Burbage, Harry Butt, Frederick Butt, Reginald Butt, William T. Cole, Charles Crew, Harry Davis, Charles Davis, Montague Durston, George H. Dyke, Ernest Foot, Reginald Foot, Harry Gray, Sidney Gray, Edwin Greenway, Leslie Gutsell, Decimus Hardiman, Henry M. Hatcher, John Highman, Walter W. Hodder, Percy Hussey, Bertram Keast, Charles King, Edwin Large, Rex Lawson, Gilbert Maidment, Arthur Mayo, Frederick Miller, Frederick Morgan, Edwin C. Mullins, George Newton, Sidney Parsons, Charles Parsons, Alfred Parsons, Joseph Powell, Harry Robins, Bertram Robins, Alfred Stainer, John Stainer, Frederick Taylor, Walter Thorne, Arthur Toogood, Harold L. Tuffin, Hubert F. Weldon, Reginald S. White, Frank White, Thomas Wright, Herbert Wright, Phillip S. Young, Leslie R. Wightman. WWII - Herbert Dudman, Arthur Elsworth, Arthur Gray, Bertram Gray, Frederick Griffin, Walter Hardy, Douglas Mundy, Arthur Roberts, Alexander Steele, Frederick Snook, Kenneth Tuffin, Graham Weir, Nigel Weir, John Weir, Robert Young, Sidney Young.

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