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Combpyne-Rousden

Town or City: Lyme Regis
County: Dorset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1985

Value of grant: £60.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Adding and/or correcting inscriptions/names
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2007

UKNIWM reference number: 25384

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Combpyne-Rousdon war memorial column after addition of name © Combdyne-Rousdon Parish Council, 2007The Combpyne-Rousdon war memorial  is a square column topped with an ornamental carving. The town names Seaton, Sidmouth, Combpyne, Axminster, Lyme Regis, Bridport are carved on each of the four sides of the column.

In 2007 the Parish Council identified that a name was missing of a Parishioner who died in World War II. War Memorials Trust gave £60 towards the cost of the adding the name of R. F. Webber. This was doen to match the original design of the memorial.

The inscription reads:

Rousden

To the glory of God and in
honoured memory of the men from 
this estate who fell in the Great War 
1914 – 1918.

"Live thou for England: we for England died"

The names recorded are:

F. Bates, 
H. Cleal,
R. J. Gapper, 
H. P. Harris, 
H. Loveridge, 
A. Meaker, 
J. S. Nichols, 
H. Q. Nickalls, 
E. Northcott, 
E. Priddice, 
W. Sarson, 
F. Summers, 
C. Whatley. 

The additional name for World War II now reads:

1939 - 1945
R. F. Webber

Combpyne-Rousdon war memorial column before work © Combdyne-Rousdon Parish Council, 2007Combpyne-Rousdon war memorial column after work © Combdyne-Rousdon Parish Council, 2007

Further information

War Memorials Trust reference WM1985
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 25384

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

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