Lt Wilfred Watts War Memorial, Blandford Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 2016. War memorial. 2 related planning applications.
Lt Wilfred Watts War Memorial, Blandford Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- dim-obsidian-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lt Wilfred Watts War Memorial, located in Blandford Cemetery, is made of white marble. This memorial features a stone of remembrance topped with an arched pediment. It includes a leaded inscription in Gothic script that reads: "IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / LIEUT. WILFRED (VAL) WATTS, / PILOT / ROYAL FLYING CORPS. / IN HIS 23RD YEAR. / SECOND SON OF / C. E. J. & JESSIE WATTS / OF BLANDFORD. / KILLED ON JAN. 17TH 1916, / WHILST FLYING OVER THE GERMAN LINES / AT DADIZEELEM AND INTERRED AT LEDEGHEM, / BELGIUM. / WAS AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE / WITH PALM AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, / SEPT 25TH 1915. / FOR KING AND COUNTRY."
Above the inscription, there is a carved relief of a plane with Union Jacks on the underside of each wing. To the left is a carved representation of the Croix de Guerre, while the Royal Flying Corps badge is on the right, accompanied by a leaded motto underneath. The memorial is set on a single stepped stone base.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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