Charminster, Dorset

28.3.1986

CHARMINSTER

Stone cross on plinth in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard.

Front panel of plinth.

To the Glory of God and in memory of the men of Charminster who laid down their lives un the Great War August 4th 1914 to November 11th 1918 This cross is eerected by the people of this village to perpetuate their grateful remembrance and their hope for them in Christ.

Left side panel.

Lieut. Offley C.W.Thompson. West Yorkshire Regt. France.Sept.20.1914
Pte. Reginald F.Weeden. Dorset Yeomanry. Gallipoli. Aug.21.1915.
Pte. Ernest R.Rolls. Dorset Regt. Gallipoli. Dec.8.1915.
Pte. C. Rupert Skinner. R.F.A. France. April 21.1916.
Pte. Sydney Thomas. Sherwood Foresters. France. Sept.16.1916
2nd.Lieut. Arthur Symonds. R.Fusiliers. France Feb.17.1917.
Pte. William H.King. Dorset Regt. Mesopotamia. Feb.1917.
Pte. Joseph T.Watts. R.Berkshire Regt. France. March 11.1917
Pte. Frederick J.Oxenbury. Dorset Regt. Mesopotamia. June 9.1917.
Pte. John Furmage. Mesopotamia. July 10.1917.

Right side panel.

Pte. William W.Watts. Grenadier Guards. France. Oct.11.1917
2nd.Lieut. Robert Saunders. M.G.C. France. Oct.26.1917.
Pte. Walter E.Joiner. Dorset Regt. France. March 27.1918.
Maj. Francis Graham. D.S.O. M.C. R.F.A. France. March 28.1918.
Pte. F.George Pearce. Dorset Regt. France. April 5.1918.
Pte. Leonard C.Dunford. Dorset Regt. Egypt. April 9.1918.
Pte. Herbert C.Clark. Dorset Regt. Egypt. April 9.1918.
Pte. George A.W.Bishop. Lancashire Fusiliers. France. June 1.1918
Pte. Frederick C.Northover. R.Berkshire Regt. France. Aug.27.1918.

Back panel.

Pte. M.Devenish Meyer. 1/4 Batt Kings Own Shropshire L.I. Flanders. May 4.1918.
Pte. H.Devenish Meyer. 3(Transvaal) Batt South African Infy. Agagir. Feb.26.1917.
Sgt. Frederick E.Knight. 1/4 Dorset Regt. Bombay. Jan.27.1920.

Framed handwritten scroll on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.

Roll of Honour
1914 1918
For King and Country
Charminster Parish

Pte. George. A.W.Bishop. Lancashire Regiment France 1st June 1918.
Pte. Herbert. C.Clarke. Dorset Regiment Egypt 23nd April 1918.
Pte. Leonard. C.Dunford. Dorset Regiment Egypt 24th April 1918.
Pte. John. Furmage. Dorset Regiment Mesopotamia 10th July 1918.

Majr. Francis. Graham. D.S.O. M.C. Royal Field Arty. France 28th Mar 1918.
Pte. Walter. E.Joiner. Dorset Regiment France 27th Mar 1918.
Pte. William. H.King, Dorset Regiment Mesopotamia 27th Feb 1917.
Sgt. Frederick. E.Knight. Dorset Regiment Bombay 27th Jan 1920.

Pte. Henry. D. Meyer. S.African Lt.Infy. Agagir 26th Feb 1917.
Pte. Macdonald.S.D. Meyer. Kings Own Shropshire Flanders 4th May 1918.
Pte. Frederick. C.Northover. Royal Berks.Regt France 27th Aug 1918.

Pte. Frederick. J.Oxenbury. Dorset Regiment Mesopotamia 9th June 1918.
Pte. George. F.Pearce. Dorset Regiment France 5th April 1918.
2nd Lieut. Robert. Saunders. Machine Gun Corps France 26th Oct 1917.
Pte. Chas. Rupert. Skinner. Royal Field Artillery France 21st April 1916.
2nd Lieut. Arthur. Symonds. Royal Fusiliers France 17th Feb. 1917.
Pte. Sidney. Thomas. Sherwood Foresters France 6th Sept. 1916.
Lieut. Offley. C.W.Thompson. West Yorkshire Regt. France 20th Sept. 1914.
Pte. Joseph. T.Watts. Royal Berks. Regt. France 11th Mar. 1917.
Pte. William W.Watts. Grenadier Guards France 11th Oct. 1917.
Pte. Reginald. F.Weeden. Dorset Yeomanry. Gallipoli 21st Aug. 1915.
"Be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God and the Lord do that which seemeth Him good" 2.Sam.10.12

Bronze tablet on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.

In loving memory of Robert Saunders 2nd Lieut. M.G.C: 13th Coy 5th Division killed in action Oct.26th 1917. Aged 29. Buried near Polderhock Chateau, Ypres, Belgium. 4th & dearly loved youngest son of T. Chapman & Anna E. Saunders of this parish + "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."