Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross - Park Walk - Shaftesbury, Dorset
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Combined WWI / WWII memorial cross on Park Walk, Shaftesbury.
Waymark Code: WMWQ8T
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/01/2017
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A large stone cross on Park Walk, with celtic knot work and winged-angel carvings on the head and shaft. The cross surmounts a tapering plinth bearing the names and inscription, surmounting a two stepped square base. It is surrounded by low wrought iron fence, with an additional stone tablet at the base of the plinth bearing the dedication for the second world war.
Inscription -
Plinth: "LEST WE FORGET"/ IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF SHAFTESBURY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919
Tablet: REMEMBERING ALSO THOSE WHO/ MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1939-1945
Names on memorial -
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.
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:
Park Walk
Shaftesbury, Dorset England
SP7 8JR
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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