The Abbotsbury War Memorial has 13 names on it. I'm related by blood or marriage to a quarter of them, all killed on 31 May/1 June 1916; George Corbon, John and William Dunford. They are one of the 'Grateful Parishes', one where no-one lost their lives in WWII.

I'm also thinking of Henry Dunford who was killed with his cousins John and William at Jutland; and Eli Christopher, somewhere in France. None of them has a grave.

In June I stood at Pegasus Bridge, next weekend I shall be standing 'In Flanders Fields'. It shouldn't be just for one day that we remember.

LTS

Oddly enough, there is a name on the Abbotsbury War Memorial for which I can find no service record. I'm thinking of him too, wondering if he really did make the supreme sacrifice, and if so, why there is only a name in stone to record his deeds.