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West Moors
Town or City: Ferndown
County: Dorset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1916
Value of grant: £1250.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 26672
West Moors Celtic cross war memorial is constructed of Portland stone. It stands in the centre of the village on the Petwyn; a grass area awarded village green status in June 2006.
Following work to improve the village a conservation project on the war memorial was proposed in 2006. War Memorials contributed £1,250 towards works which included repairs to the paving around the war memorial to make it safer, conservation of the base of the war memorial and cleaning of the stonework.
The memorial was originally erected in 1920, and dedicated on 26th September. It was built by Masons Messrs Alsford. It stood at the junction of Station Road and Pinehurst Road but was moved in June 1971 to place the memorial in a more prominant position on the green and improve the traffic sight line at the junction where it had been erected. When the memorial was moved it was restored and the Second World War names were added.
The memorial has been tended by the Parish Council since it was formed in 1956.
The inscriptions on the memorial read:
These
gave their lives
for humanity in the
Great Wars
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945
Their name liveth
for evermore
In honoured memory
1939 - 1945
West
Moors
Unveiled September 26 1920
Removed to this site June 1971
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1916
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 26672
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
