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Watchet Sportsmen
Town or City: Watchet
County: Somerset
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM6914
Value of grant: £1050.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Surveys
Grant scheme: WMT Grant Scheme
Year: 2023
UKNIWM reference number: 97689
Watchet Sportsmen is a memorial sports pavilion which houses memorial boards in memory of those who died in the First World War. It was dedicated in 1929 and is located in the hardbour town of Watchet, Somerset.
In 2022 a grant of £1,050 was offered through the War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards a survey and report with recommendations to inform necessary conservation and repair works which was undertaken by a conservation-accredited professional. The survey is intended to allow the custodian to have a better understanding of the works required and as a fundraising tool as War Memorials Trust has limited funding available for buildings.
The pavilion opened on the existing Watchet war memorial ground following fundraising for the ‘War Memorial Ground Pavilion Fund’. The pavilion cost about £720 “with grandstand, club-room, shower bath, dressing-rooms, and a kitchen.”
The inscription on the board reads: ‘When can their glory fade. They played the game. In glorious memory of Watchet Sportsmen who fell in the Great War.’
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM6914
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: WMR97689
War Memorials Online: 254604
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
