Roll of Honour - Somerset

Ministry of Defence

Lest We Forget

The Royal British Legion

DITCHEAT WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Martin Edwards 2021

The war memorial tablet is to be found within the church porch of St Mary Magdalene, Ditcheat, Mendip, Somerset. It takes the form of a white inscription tablet with a triangular pediment mounted onto black painted wooden backboard; there is an additional tablet for World War 2 also mounted onto a black painted wooden backboard that is placed below it. There are 16 names for World War 1 and 4 names for World War 2. There is also an external memorial that takes the form of a three-stepped base surmounted by octagonal plinth, shaft and stylised wheel cross with the inscription on the 6 o'clock face of the plinth and on a tablet at the foot of the base.

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The inscription on the cross reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
THE HEROES
OF THIS PARISH
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 – 1918
ALSO A TABLET WITH THEIR
NAMES IN THE CHURCH PORCH
ALSO THE 1939 - 1945 WAR TABLET
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Tablet in porch

THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1918
TO THE FALLEN HEROES

CLARKE	E G	Second Lieutenant, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died in France
COOMBES	R W N	Private, 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died in France
GANE	F L	Private, Wiltshire Regiment. Died in Kent
GOLLEDGE	W J	Private, Royal Field Artillery. Died in Ludd, Egypt
HALLETT	A	Private, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died in France
HIGGINS	A B	Private, 3rd Battalion, Dragoon Guards.
HIGGINS	W H	Private, 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died in France
LOOK	J L	Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died Arras, France
MEADS	A J	Rifleman, 2/18 Battalion, London Regiment. Died in Palestine
MERRIFIELD	A T	Private, 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died in Mesopotamia
RIMES	H	Private, 13th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Died in France
TIDBALL	H J	Private, 8th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Died in France.
WARD	R C	Private, Army Service Corps. Died in Italy
WARD	T L	Private, Australian Imperial Forces. Died in Egypt.
WHITE	A C	Private, 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died in France
WHITE	J	Private, 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Died in France
REMEMBER ALSO
HOWARD TRIPP	H U	Flying Officer, Royal Air Force
GOLLEDGE	N V	Stoker P.O., Royal Navy
READ	H W	Lance Bombardier, Royal Artillery
SPIRRELL	W J	Leading Aircraftman, Royal Air Force

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR 1939 – 1945

Last updated 11 February, 2021

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