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26.10.2007

CHARMINSTER

Stone cross in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, inscription on faces of step under plinth.

Front step.

Also in memory of those who fell in the World War
September 3rd 1939 to August 15th 1945

Right side step.


Pte. Joseph P. Watts. R.A.O.C. France. May 23rd 1940.

Pte. Ronald W. Terrell. Dorset Regt. Atlantic. July 2nd 1940.

L.A.C. Alexander Lee-Norman. R.A.F.V.R. S.Rhodesia. Nov. 14th 1941.

Back step.


Tpr. Ernest R.G. Sertin. R.A.C. Mediterranean. Jan. 7th 1943.

Sub.Lt. Robert K.A. Druce. R.N.V.R. Mediterranean. June 11th 1943.

Lt.Col. William D. Blacker. D.S.O. R.H.A. France. July 11th 1944.

Left side step.


Cpl. William H. Richards. R.A.C. Holland. Sept. 26th 1944.

Pte. W. Thomas Snook. East Surrey Regt. Italy. Dec. 1st 1944.

Major W. Malcolm Deas. R.T.R. R.A.C. Germany. April 21st 1946.

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

Charminster

Roll of Honour
1939  -  1945

Joseph P. Watts. R.A.O.C. 23rd May 1940.
                      .France.

Ronald W. Terrell. Dorset Regt. 2nd July 1940.
                  .Atlantic.

Alexander Lee-Norman. R.A.F.V.R. 14th Nov. 1941.
                .S.Rhodesia.

Tpr. Ernest R.G. Sertin. R.A.C. 7th Jan. 1943.
               .Mediterranean.

Sub.Lt. Robert K.A. Druce. R.N.V.R. 11th June 1943.
               .Mediterranean.

Lt.Col. William D. Blacker. D.S.O. R.H.A. 11th July 1944.
                 .France.

Cpl. William H. Richards. R.A.C. 26th Sept. 1944.
                 .Holland.

Pte. W. Thomas Snook. East Surrey Regt. 1st Dec. 1944.
                   .Italy.

Major W. Malcolm Deas. R.T.R. R.A.C. 21st April 1946.
                 .Germany.

They Rest in Peace

Stone plaque on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.

In Very loving
memory of
Francis
Thomas
Lee-Norman
1887  +  1941
and of his son
Francis
Alexander
Lee-Norman
1921  +  1941
The tenor bell
cast in 1661 was
recast in 1952
Glory to God
in the highest

Stone plaque on wall in St Mary the Virgin Church.

The church clock was restored in 1955
in memory of
Kenneth Powys Druce
died 1952 * aged 76 years
16 years churchwarden of this parish
and of his son
Robert Kenneth Aldrich Druce R.N.V.R.
killed in action July 1943 * aged 22 years