Memorial

Colehill

Mark Newton 25 February 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 25 February 2016

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Current Location

JUNCTION OF COLEHILL LA AND WIMBORNE RD VILLAGE GREEN, Colehill Lane/Wimborne Road Junction, Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 2RY, England

SU 02426 00980

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 26592
Description: VERY TALL SLENDER LATIN CROSS ON SQUARE PLINTH AND OCTAGONAL THREE STEPPED BASE
Inscription: IN/ UNDYING MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF/ COLEHILL/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR FRIENDS/ IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914-19/ ALSO IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ 1939 - 1945 (BACK AND SIDES) (NAMES)

Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: BEAUTIFUL CONDITION IN 1997. WORD COLEHILL WAS CUT AWAY IN 1940 AND NOT REPLACED UNTIL AFTER WW2

Unveiled

05th June 1920

UNKNOWN

Cross

Height: 4650MM

Width: 2800MM

Depth: 2800MM

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good