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15.8.2016 & 5.4.2018

DURWESTON

Stone obelisk on road junction in village, (Nothing in St Nicholas Church).

Front face of first plinth.

"Lest we forget."

 

This monument is erected
in commemoration of
the men and women of
this village who served
in H.M. Forces, during
the Great War 1914-1919.
Also in loving memory of
the 5 men whose names
are hereon recorded,
who so nobly gave their lives
for their country.

Right side face of first plinth.

H.L. Joyce.
Boy 1st Class. R.N. H.M.S. Hawke.

W.G. Bartlett.
Driver. M.T. 1st Canadian Cont.

W.B. Bartlett.
2nd. Lieut. 8th. Hants.

E.E. Cutler.
Private. 6th. Dorsets.

W. Whitty.
Gunner. R.G.A.

Brass plaque on wall in St Nicholas Church.

To the Glory of God
and in grateful memory of the following
Men from this Parish who laid down their
lives for King and Country in the
Great War August 4th 1914. November 11th 1918.

Roll of Honour. Durweston

William Bertram Bartlett
Durweston. 2nd. Lieut. 1/8th Hants. (Killed)

Walter George Bartlett
Durweston. Driver. Mechanical Transport.
1st Contingent Canadian Forces. (Died of wounds)

Ernest Edward Cutler
Durweston. Private. 6th Dorsets. (Missing)

Harold Levi Joyce
Field Groves, Durweston. Boy 1st Class R.N.
(Went down in H.M.S. "Hawke.")

Walter Whitty
Gunner. R.G.A. (Died prisoner of war)

Brass plaque on wall in St Nicholas Church.

To the Glory of God
and in loving remembrance of
William Bertram Bartlett.
2nd Lieut. 1/8th Hampshire Regt.
Killed in action in Gallipoli.
August 18th 1915. Aged 20.