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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
The 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
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
