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Lt Wilfred Watts
Town or City: Blandford Forum
County: Dorset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM8870
Value of grant: £1140.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2015
UKNIWM reference number: 72442
Lt Wilfred Watts war memorial is located at Blandford Cemetery, Salisbury Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset. This white marble memorial is a headstone. The inscription is incised in the stone. The memorial commemorates Lt Wilfred Watts who was 23 when killed in action in World War I. His regiment was the Royal Flying Corps 1st Squadron, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre and his body was interred at Ledeghem Belgium.
In 2015 a grant of £1,140 was awarded through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards repairs to the crack and base with stainless steel threaded bars and re-fixing upright on a new foundation.
No record of the war memorial installation has been found.
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM8870
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 72442
War Memorials Online: 183305
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
