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Weymouth
Town or City: Weymouth
County: Dorset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1884
Value of grant: £100.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Adding and/or correcting inscriptions/names
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 970
Weymouth cenotaph is constructed of Portland stone with bronze plaques. It stands on the Esplanade overlooking the sea and records several hundred service personnel who fell in the World Wars.
In 2006 War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £100 towards the cost of works to add 3 names to the list of the fallen. New bronze plaques were created and fixed to the memorial following the style of the originals. These were added as closely to the alphabetical order used on the memorial as possible.
The memorial was unveiled and dedicated on 6th November 1921. Plaques to remember the fallen of the Second World War were added on 8th May 1949.
The inscription reads:
To the Glory of God and to the sacred memory of all whose names are here inscribed. This memorial is erected by public subscription from the residents of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in Remembrance of those who answered the call of their King and Country and gave their lives in the Great War
In Remembrance of the citizens of this Borough who made the supreme sacrifice during the Second World War
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1884
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 970
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org