War Memorial - Dorchester, Dorset, England


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To the glory of God
and in eternal memory
of those who gave their
lives in the War 1914 - 1918

Greater love hath no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends.

Arthur E. Ashton
Charles J. Benger
Leonard R. Archer
Bertram Collier
Ernest S. Collier
Thomas Dowden

Joseph S. Green
Thomas G. Green
Edgar H. Hunt
Kenneth F. Hyde
Lionel R. J. James
Stanley Lee

J. Hubert M. Lock
Reginald J. Lucas
Albert E. Martin
Victor A. Martin
William A. Painter
Ernest Clarke

Francis C. Pearce
Frank J. Sharp
Charles Trewitt
Cyril R. Ward
William J. Whale
George Young

Inside of St Peter's Church are the following panels situated:

Salisbury Diocesan Guild of Ringers
Dorchester Branch
This tablet is erected to the
glory of God and in faithful memory of

	E. Foote F. C. Northover W. A. Painter W. Drake F. Samways W. J. New H. Wilson H. Brake J. Anderson	Church of the Holy Rood Buckland Newton St Mary's, Charminster St Peter's, Dorchester All Saints, Hilton All Saints, Hilton St Andrew's, Leigh The Abbey Church, Milton St Lawrence's, Upwey All Saints, Wyke Regis
Members of the above Guild who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

To the honoured memory of
Trooper Harry Crocker
of the 26th Company
Dorset Imperial Yeomanry
and freeman of the
Borough of Dorchester
who died in hospital
at Pretoria
on Sunday the 14th October 1900
aged 27 years
The only Dorchester Volunteer
who lost his life
in the Boer War.

Tracy Coat Dunne visited St Peter's Church and took very interesting pictures of the memorial and the panels. Thank you, Tracy.

This page is dedicated to the 10 million victims of World War I and 60 million victims of World War II.
We should always remember the immense grief and loss each war brought to the world.

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