Memorial

St Marys Church Cross

Ilminster War Memorial

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Current Location

St. Mary's Church, Silver Street, Ilminster, South Somerset, Somerset, TA19 0DJ, England

OS Grid Reference

ST 36023 14558

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 24997
Description: Three-stepped octagonal base surmounted by shaft and Calvary Cross with gabled canopy. First World War memorial. Erected 1917. Designed by F. Bligh Bond; sculptor Herbert Reed of Exeter. A white Portland stone canopied Calvary with an octagonal cross standing on a grey Doulting stone stepped octagonal plinth, inscribed:- "To the Memory of the Brave Men of Ilminster who gave their lives for their Country in the Great War 1914- ". A First World War memorial by a distinguished church restoration architect and church sculptor. WW1 names are commemorated on WMR 24998 and WW2 on WMR 25000 within St Mary's Church.
Inscription: Base of cross(front face): WE WILL/REMEMBER THEM. Top step (front facing reading anti clockwise): IN THANKSGIVING/FOR THOSE/WHO DIED/IN THE/1939-1945 WAR/AND IN/OTHER CONFLICTS. Middle step (left of front face reading anti clockwise) :TO THE BRAVE/MEN OF/ILMINSTER WHO/ GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR/ COUNTRY IN/THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 Lower step: WITHIN THE CHURCH ARE/GRAVEN THEIR DEATHLESS/NAMES

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maker(s): F. Bligh Bond, Designer
Herbert Reed of Exeter, Sculptor
Maintenance History: April 2005; Applied for a grant funded by The Wolfson Foundation and English Heritage

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