29.3.1986
CRANBORNE
Stone cross on plinth on Green by roadside in village, on front face of plinth.
1939 - 1945
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Glazed frame with hand written scroll/paper on a pillar in St Mary & St Bartholomews Church.
In 2015 there was a new scroll, probably done around 1987.
(1986 2015)
Grant them O Lord eternal rest |
At the going down of the sun |
Wooden tablet on wall in St Mary * St Bartholomew's Church.
To rercord with pride and gratitude their association with this church and village this tablet is placed here by the officers and men of the second searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery which served in & around Cranborne from July 1940 until August 1944 & in proud memory of Brigadier Thurgar Rolland Anderson MC who raised the Regiment on 24th May 1939 and commanded it at home and overseas until June 1941. He died on active service on 7th Auguast 1943