MINTERNE
MAGNA WAR MEMORIAL
Compiled & Copyright © Peter Forrester 2015
Author and Historian -"Somerset and Bristol Soldiers of World War
One."
The
Minterne Magna War Memorial is to be found in St. Andrews Church and
is fixed to the wall. It takes the form of a white marble plaque on
a black marble backing.
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Photograph
Copyright © Peter Forrester 2015
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IN
EVERLASTING MEMORY
OF
ADAMS |
Ernest |
Private
3098, 1st/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died on service in
India 8 February 1917. Born and resident Minterne, Dorset, enlisted
Dorchester, Dorset. No known grave. Commemorated on KIRKEE 1914-1918
MEMORIAL, India. Face D. |
BRATCHELL |
Frank |
No
further information currently available |
CLARK |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
CHEESEMAN |
Cecil |
Sapper
42850, 82nd Company, Royal Engineers. Died of wounds 1 August 1916.
Aged 29. Born Sherborne, Dorset, enlisted Dorchester. Son of George
and Mary Cheeseman, of Dogberry Hill, Minterne Magna, Cerne Abbas,
Dorchester. Buried in DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Somme,
France. Plot III. Row A. Grave 2. |
HAWKINS |
George |
No
further information currently available |
NAPIER |
Abdon |
No
further information currently available |
NAPIER |
Francis
George aka Frank |
Rifleman
B/1226, 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own).
Died of wounds 11 July 1915. Born and resident Minterne Magna, Dorset,
enlisted Winchester. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 46 - 48 and 50. |
NAPIER |
James |
No
further information currently available |
PILGRIM |
George |
No
further information currently available |
WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR
1914 – 1918
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED
BY THE PARISHIONERS OF MINTERNE
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
1939 – 1945. |
CLARK |
Joseph |
No
further information currently available |
Last
updated
10 March, 2022
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