Combined WWI / WWII memorial - St Mary - Compton Abbas, Dorset
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial plaque in St Mary's church, Compton Abbas.
Waymark Code: WMWNT8
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/23/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Two rectangular brass plaques set on a wooden backboard with a nowy head in the south aisle of the church.

Inscription -

TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN HONOURED MEMORY/ OF/ (Names)/ MEN OF THE PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ ETERNAL REST GRANT TO THEM O LORD/ ALSO OF/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945.

Names on memorial -

Barford, Maurice Wilfred
Brown, Percy John
Fox, David Charles
Frank, Dibben
Rideout, Ernest
Ryall, Victor
Streeter, Norman Leslie
Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Not known

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
St Mary the Virgin
Main Road
Compton Abbas, Dorset England
SP7 0NL


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