Weston-super-Mare, Uphill and Kewstoke - WW2

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Reference WMO/253235

Address:

Grove Park

Off Upper Church Road

Weston-super-Mare

BS23 2AE

England

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We are seeking a condition survey and photographs of this war memorial to be added to this record. We would like to make an assessment of the current condition of this war memorial and, if necessary, take any appropriate action. Can you help?

Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Wall
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
  • Korean War (1950-1953)
  • Northern Ireland
  • Suez Emergency and Crisis (1951-1956)
  • 20th Century Wars
About the memorial: The WW2 memorial forms a wall some 20 metres behind the WW1 memorial, upon which are bronze plaques listing the fallen. Description from Historic England: '20 metres to the north is a memorial wall in three sections with Moderne-style moulded caps and the names of those killed in the Second World War placed on bronze plaques. The central section is inscribed: 1939 1945/ H.M. FORCES with 186 names below. An enamelled crest of Weston Super Mare has been placed in between the dates. The sections to each side are inscribed CIVILIANS with113 names below. Two additional plinths have been placed either side of it for additional names. The memorial also includes the names of casualties in the Korean War (1), Egypt and the Suez Crisis (1), Northern Ireland (1) and Twentieth Century Wars (3).'
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Front face, upper plaque: THESE DIED/ THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF WESTON SUPER MARE/ UPHILL AND KEWSTOKE WHO/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Front face, lower plaque: REDEDICATED / TO THE HONOURED MEMORY OF/ ALL THOSE OF THE/BOROUGH OF WESTON SUPER MARE/ WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945 Other faces: (WW1 Names) Main Wall: 1939 1945/ CIVILIANS H.M. FORCES CIVILIANS / (Names)

Grade II (England)

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