Memorial

Tarrant Keynston

Mark Newton 25 February 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 25 February 2016

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Current Location

Sits about 2m higher than the adjacent road opposite Galpins Cottages, north side of Valley Road near the Village Hall, Tarrant Keynston, North Dorset, Dorset, DT11 8AQ, England

OS Grid Reference

ST 91611 07339

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 26728
Description: TALL PLAIN LATIN CROSS ON SQUARE PLINTH AND TWO STEPPED BASE, in an enclosure with concrete bollards and a chain link fence
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOURABLE MEMORY/ OF THE UNDERMENTIONED MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (8 names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ 1939 - 1945/ (2 names)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 8
Died: 8
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of names: surname

History

Maintenance History: In 2016, a grant of £680 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme to undertake cleaning of the stone surface using natural bristle brushes, low pressure water washing and mild detergent. The initial works proposed had requested a sharpening and deepening of lettering to improve legibility however this work was excluded as it was thought unnecessary.

Conservation

Components

Cross

Height: 3000mm

Width: 1370mm

Depth: 1370mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1441882

First listed 27-Feb-2017. For full details of the listing, go to https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441882?section=official-list-entry

Further Information

http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1318