Memorial

Dorchester

Cenotaph

Source: Copyright J B E Hale

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Current Location

Junction of South Walks Road and South Street., Five Ways Junction, Dorchester, West Dorset, Dorset, DT1 1DS, England

SY 69220 90350

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Type of Memorial: Cenotaph
WMR Reference Number: 1000
Description: A large stone cenotaph with names on narrow bronze plaques. Carved sword and laurel wreath at the top. The whole is surrounded by chain link fence.
Inscription: Front tablet1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THOSE OF DORCHESTER WHO IN THE GREAT WAR / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY Front tablets 2 to 4 (WW1 names)/ R. MEMBURY MAKER DOTCHESTER// Left face tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (names)// Right face tablet1: 1939 - 1945/ (names), tablet2: SINCE 1945/ (names), tablet3: 1914-1918/ (names)/ tablet 4: 1944/(name) Back face plaque1: THIS CENOTAPH / WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / AND UNVEILED BY THE / RIGHT HON. LORD ELLENBOROUGH CB / ON EMPIRE DAY 1921/ A. L. T. TILLEY, MAYOR, 1920./ CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE. // Back plaque2:THE MEMORIAL TABLETS ERECTED TO THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 WERE / UNVEILED BY HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR OF DORCHESTER/ (COUNCILLOR HENRY J LONGMAN) 1948 & 1949.