Memorial

Blandford Forum

Right Memorial Plaque

Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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Current Location

Corn Exchange, 17, Market Place, Blandford Forum, North Dorset, Dorset, DT11 7AH, England

ST 88494 06302

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 26413
Description: A BRONZE PLAQUE PLACED EITHER SIDE OF THE CORN EXCHANGE GATEWAY. BOTH PLAQUES ARE NOWY-HEADED WITH UPPER-CASE LETTERING IN LOW RELIEF. AN ADDITIONAL PLAQUE WAS ADDED AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PLAQUE FOR WW2. THE TOWN COAT OF ARMS IS PLACED AT TOP CENTRE OF EACH PLAQUE.
Inscription: (on each plaque) TO COMMEMORATE THE SELF-SACRIFICE/ OF THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE/ INSCRIBED HEREON WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (58 names on the left plaque and 59 names on the right plaque)/ 1939-1945/ (22 names on the left plaque and 21 names on the right plaque)

Plaques

Height: 1700mm (each plaque)

Width: 840mm (each plaque)

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good