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This rectangular brass First World War memorial plaque features a scrolling foliate border to the left and right hand sides, a cross at each corner and a large Latin cross to the left of the incised inscription.

War Memorials Trust awarded a special grant of £188 in 2009 for the plaque to be cleaned, the lost lettering repainted and the whole memorial protected with a micro crystalline wax.

In 1998 the Trust received the memorial plaque which had been recovered from a Bournemouth scrapyard and was donated to the charity for relocation.  Research of the names on the plaque revealed a definite connection to the Southampton area and it was suggested that the memorial may have originally been in either a church in the city or be connected to a local company. Further research seemed to point towards St Luke’s Church, Southampton, which had housed a similar plaque that was though to have been destroyed when the church was damaged by bombing during the Second World War.

In the 1980s St Luke’s Church was converted into a Sikh Gurdwara and it was not possible to return the memorial to its original location. The plaque was stored by the Trust at The Royal Hospital Chelsea while various options for relocation were considered.

In 2008 War Memorials Trust approached Southampton Museums Service as a potential location for the memorial. The Curator of Local Collections was able to offer to re-home the plaque which would be used appropriately in displays and exhibitions in Southampton and also stored, when not on display, in correct conditions to protect the memorial.

Before transporting the memorial to Southampton the plaque was in need of some restoration work which was funded by a special grant from the Trust. In April 2009, the plaque was returned to Southampton and is now being cared for by Southampton Museums Service.

The inscription on the plaque reads:

To our heroic dead
1914 – 1918

F W Baker RN
A W Banger Gunr RHA
E Biddlecombe Pte 5th R Berks
A Brixley L/Corpl 21st Lancers
F Brixley Pte 5th Wilts
A Butt Pte Green Gds
F Brown M M Sergt RGA
F J Cox Rifleman KRRC
H Dore Pte 2nd Hants
F J Drew 2/Lt RGA
F H Dunning Pte 1/8th Hants
P J Ellaway RN
O W Ellis Corpl 2/5th Hants
G E A Ford RN
L Heath Pte 15th Hants
G S Hewitt Gunr RGA
R W F Jesson Major 5th Wilts
A V Lewington Pte 5th Wilts
B G Lewington Pte 11th Hants
E C Newman Pte M Gun C
F E Noyce Pte 1st Hants
J G Oliver Pte Som LI
G L Ollivier Major RGA
A W Reid 2/Lt 6th KOSB
W A Richards L/Corpl 6th DCLI
J A D Short Pte 2nd Hants
W J Short Captn RNT
F Thorpe PO RN
J J Timson RN
J G S Trodd Signlr 10th Worcrs
W H Vincent RN
E Warner Pte 7th Som LI
A W F Warner Pte 2nd Northmptn
W Wescott RN
S J Young Lt RFC

Their name liveth for evermore

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference: WM211
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 47570

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org.

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM211
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 47570

If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org

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