RETURN TO PLACE NAME S INDEX
2016
SHERBORNE
Stone cross in Sherborne Abbey Churchyard, bronze plaques on faces of hexagonal plinth under cross, listed below going anti-clockwise.
First plaque.
Second plaque.
Third plaque.
Fourth plaque.
Fifth plaque.
Sixth plaque.
Inscriptions on faces of base plinth of cross on the four sides.
(Front face)
In
memorial
1914.1919
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(Right side face)
Greater love hath no
man than this that
a man lay down his
life for his friends
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(Back face)
In
memorial
1914.1919
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(Left side face)
They died for
freedom
and honour
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Bronze plaque on wall in Sherborne Abbey.
1914 The Great War 1919
To the Glory of God and in
memory of our comrades of the
Dorset Queen's Own Yeomanry
Metal plaque with stone surround on wall in Sherborne Abbey.
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In affectionate memory of
Laurence Rowe Fisher-Rowe
"The Old Friend"
Lt. Colonel Grenadier Guards
of Thorncombe Park, Surrey, and husband
of Eveleen, younger daughter of
George & Constance Hamilton Fletcher
of Leweston Manor, Sherborne.
He died on the 13th March 1915 of wounds
received in action the day before whilst
commanding the 1st Batt. Grenadier Guards
at the Battle of Neuve Chappelle, France
Aged 49.
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Metal plaque with stone surround on wall in Sherborne Abbey.
In affectionate memory of
Gareth Hamilton Fletcher,
2nd Lieut. Grenadier Guards,
Elder surviving son of
George Hamilton Fletcher Esquire
of Leweston Manor, Sherborne,
and Constance his wife.
He died fighting for his Country
in the front trenches at Cuichy,
La Bassee, French, on the
25th Jany. 1915. Aged 20.
!A splendid Character."
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Stone plaque on wall in Sherborne Abbey.
This ancient stone screen
was completed by the free
masons of Dorset in mem
ory of their brethren
who laid down their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918
their names are here recorded
Roll of honour book in glass toped cabinet.
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Roll of Honour
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The Church of
St Mary the Virgin
Sherborne.
Rest eternal grant them
O Lord and let light
eternal shine upon them
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Our honoured dead
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The names of
Sherbornians
Who made
the supreme
Sacrifice
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Lest we forget
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Bell. B.E.,
Dorsetshire Yeomanry.
Best. G.,
Dorsetshire Yeomanry.
Best. W.J.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Biss. H.,
Bown. Albert J.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Bown. Arthur E.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Burden. A.,
Dorsetshire Yeomanry.
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Gould. H.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Guppy. A.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Guppy. R.J.,
The King's Liverpool Regiment.
Hallett. T.G.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Hallett. T.H.,
Royal Army Service Corps.
Hamblin. A.J.,
Hampshire Regiment.
Hamblin. B.J.,
Lancaster Fusiliers.
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Hamblin. W.E.,
Hann. F.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Hardman. F.McMahon, 2nd Lieutenant.
Royal Fusiliers.
Hodges. W.H.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Hodgson. F.H., Lieutenant.
Royal Air Force.
Hodgson. R.E., Captain.
The King's Liverpool Regiment.
Huss. F.A.,
South Wales Borderers.
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Huss. W.,
Royal Garrison Artillery.
Hutchings. W.C.,
Royal Field Artillery.
Hyde. W.T.,
Hampshire Regiment.
Hyde. G.,
Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.
Ireland. W.C.,
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infty.
Jacob. E.,
London Regiment.
Jupe. E.,
7th Hussars.
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Lockett R.,
The Royal Navy.
Leadbetter N.,
Royal Air Force.
Line H.,
3rd Hussars.
Lush C.W., 2nd Lieutenant.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Martin A.,
The Royal Navy.
Martin I.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Martin S.,
The Merchant Marine Service.
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Paine C.J.,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Palmer A.,
Machine Gun Corps.
Palmer F.R.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Palmer T.C.,
Somerset Light Infantry.
Palmer T.,
Park A.,
Royal Field Artillery.
Park B.,
Machine Gun Corps.
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Park S.J.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Parker W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Patten B.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Pearce W.,
Perham F.W.,
Royal Field Artillery.
Pitcher G.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Pitman J.A.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
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Pople G.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Powell E.,
York and Lancaster Regiment.
Pragnell S.R., 2nd Lieutenant.
Royal Air Force
Prout A.T.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Quinton F.,
Somerset Light Infantry.
Rawlings T.,
Royal Army Service Corps.
Rawson P.C., Lieutenant.
Royal Berkshire Regiment.
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Ruegg M.C.,
Somerset Light Infantry.
Russell H.S.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Sansom J.A.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Sansom S.H.,
Northumberland Fusiliers.
Sartin J.H.,
Somerset Light Infantry.
Sheldrick J.S.,
The Rifle Brigade.
Seymour C.,
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Sims W.,
The Canadian Force.
Smith C.,
Wiltshire Regiment.
Stagg H.,
The Royal Navy.
Stone W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Stubbings H.W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Sturgess H.H.,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Taylor P.L.,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
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Taylor S.H., 2nd Lieutenant.
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Thomas R.J.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Tidd G.W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Tuck J.H.,
Tulbot H., M.C.
Royal Field Artillery.
Turl A.,
Hampshire Regiment.
Vickery W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
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Vincent A.E., Lieutenant.
Royal Field Artillery.
Vizard H.J., Captain.
Royal Field Artillery.
Waldegrave E.J., 2nd Lieutenant.
Royal Field Artillery.
Warne W.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
Wells S.J.,
Royal Air Force.
Welsman P.G.,
Royal Air Force.
West R.J.,
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Wildman A.H., Captain.
King Georg's Own Baluchis.
Wood A.G.,
The King's Royal Rifles.
Wood C.H.,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Wood J.H.,
Dorsetshire Regiment.
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The names
of those who
gave their lives
serving in the
Second World
War 1939-1945.
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(Now WW2 names)
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LADY CHAPEL
S.Mary the Virgin
Sherborne
Dorset.
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Marble plaque on wall in Sherborne Abbey .
To the Glory of God and in
loving memory of
Leslie Morgan Smith
Major Royal Fusiliers attached
1st Garrison Bedfordshire Regt.
Youngest Son of
Frederick W. & Henrietta M. Smith
of Poyntington Manor, Sherborne.
He died on active service
in Delhi.
30th December 1917. Aged 36
Brass plaque on front of stalls in Sherborne Abbey .
To the Glory of God
in
loving memory of
Richard & Francis Hodgson
who gave their lives in
the
Great War 1918
Brass plaque on wall in Sherborne Abbey .
The Great War 1914-1918
In proud and everloving memory
of
Walter Herbert Baxter
Lt.Colonel 4th Dorsetshire Regiment
of this parish
who gave his life for King and Country, May 18th 1917
in the Mesopotamian Campaign. Aged 53
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Also to his brother officers and the many gallant
Dorset men of the battalion who fell in the same cause.
"Who dies if England live?"
Brass plaque on front table in Sherborne Abbey .
In loving memory of my husband
Gunr. Ernest Case,
143nd Durham Hy. Batt. R.G.A.
Born March 1st 1891,
died of wounds in France
Novr. 8th 1917.
