Memorial

Somerton

Somerton, in context

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Somerton War Memorial, Market Place, Somerton, South Somerset, Somerset, TA11 7NB, England

ST 49043 28552

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Type of Memorial: Serviceman / Servicewoman
WMR Reference Number: 2093
Description: Helmeted soldier in service dress resting on arms reversed on square pedestal. Names and inscription on pedestal. Three-stepped base. 11/11/2018. Commemorative paving slab laid in front of memorial
Inscription: LEST WE FORGET // 6 o'clock plinth face: IN GRATEFUL AND EVERLASTING / MEMORY OF THE SOMERTON MEN / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR / THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914-1919 / (14 NAMES) // 9 o'clock plinth face: (21 NAMES) // 3 o'clock plinth face: (20 NAMES) // 12 o'clock plinth face: 1939-1945 / (14 NAMES) / KILLED IN LOCAL AIR ATTACK 29.9.42 / (9 NAMES)// TO COMMEMORATE/THE 100TH/ANNIVERSARY/OF THE END OF THE/FIRST WORLD WAR/Somerton Remembers/Those Who Gave/Their Lives/ 11 November 2018.

Maker(s): Cox Family of Keinton Mandeville, Mason
Costs: £208.2s.0d (£208.10)
Sponsor Type: private, public
Sponsored By: The memorial was dedicated in May 1921 by the Rev Jackson, vicar of Somerton.
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: The cost was raised by public subscriptions.