Memorial

Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

Mark Newton 7 October 2015

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Current Location

Garden of Remembrance, Southwell Court, Highbridge, Sedgemoor, Somerset, TA9 3AF, England

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ST 32043 47333

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 24739
Description: BRONZE TABLET WITH PITCHED TOP. NOW SET INTO WALL AT END OF GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE. CENTRAL CIRCULAR PLAQUE WITH NAMES OF FALLEN IS SURROUNDED BY RELIEF OF LAUREL WREATH. RELIEF AT TOP OF PLAQUE OF CROSS AND CROWN. The memorial comprises a large bronze relief tablet in Classical style, set against a wall (the latter dating from the mid-1960s). The relief shows a central wreath motive flanked by fluted columns and a triangular pediment above depicting a cross and crown. The pediment carries the words '1914 -1918 / FOR / KING & COUNTRY / FREEDOM & HONOUR' with below it ' "CALLED, TESTED, WORTHY, VICTORIOUS" ' and 'OUR GLORIOUS DEAD' followed by the names of the fallen in the centre of the wreath and to the three rectangular raised fields around it. The base of the fluted columns list the various battle sites: 'FRANCE / BELGIUM / AFRICA / PALESTINE / SALONICA' to the left and 'HIGH SEAS / ITALY / GALLIPOLI / ARABIA / MESOPOTAMIA' to the right. The base of the memorial reads: 'THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR FELLOW-WORKERS IN MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO LEFT THE LOCO. CARR. AND WAGON DEPTS OF THE SOMERSET AND DORSET JOINT RAILWAY TO SERVE WITH THE FORCES DURING THE GREAT WAR'. Four granite plaques with names of fallen soldiers, added later, are attached to the stone base on which the memorial rests.
Inscription: FOR FREEDOM/ KING & COUNTRY AND HONOUR/ (NAMES)/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (NAMES)/ (THEATRES OF WAR)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 153
Died: 153
Information shown: surname,, decorations
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 18
Died: 18
Additional Information: details of names list unknown

History

Sponsor Type: other

Ceremonies

Unveiled

8 May 1922

SIR ALLEN GARRETT ANDERSON

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Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway

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