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President - Ian Spalding R O G S
something of the kind?’ Anyway, that is a third idea, Captain - Neil Middleditch c/o Mr G R Storey, Secretary
and it is sure that there ought to be a sort of Vice - Matt March 9 Boswells Close, Bere Regis, BH20 7JE
Y.M.C.A. for the men to look upon as their own.” Secretary - Guy Storey Telephone:- 01929 471041
Treasurer - Peter Cheeseman
There was no national guidance given on what www.bereregis.com e-mail: golf@bereregis.com
form a community memorial should take or what
Golf Days held every month, usually the last Friday, from February through to October.
the criteria for inclusion of names should be. The Membership currently full. Contact Guy Storey – 471041 for waiting list and details.
result is the huge variety and forms of memorials in
the United Kingdom – and abroad - ranging from V E N U E S 2020
memorial hospitals and village halls, to church,
chapel, workplace, school and college memorials, Date Venue Trophy Winner
to the many simple graveyard monuments. In some 6th March Ferndown Golf Club Members Challenge Cancelled
cases, the same man is commemorated on a
number of different memorials, reflecting the 27th March Rushmore Golf Club GRS Trophy Cancelled
difficulty mentioned in the Vicar’s letter.
24 April Came Down Golf Club Jim Corbin Cup Cancelled
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In Bere Regis, the matter was raised at a Public 29th May Salisbury and South Wilts GC Ex-Landlord’s cup Cancelled
Meeting called by the Parish Council in the Drax Hall on 9 May 1919 under the
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Chairmanship of Mr. Pitt Tozer, the Vice Chairman of the Council. The meeting 26 June Ashley Wood Golf Club President’s Cup
made two resolutions:
31st July Bulbury Golf Club Memorial Cup
1. That such a memorial should be erected
28th August Dorset Golf and Country Club Captain’s Cup
2. That the Chairman and Vice Chairman...and the Vicar should meet and 25 September Lyme Regis Golf Club Whitbread Pairs
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appoint a Committee to go thoroughly into the matter, and report later on
to a general meeting. 30 October Dibden Golf Centre Zoom Trophy
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The following month, the July 1919 Parish Magazine reported:
Mini Tour - 12th-14th June - Llandhydrock GC | AGM - 11th November -
“Two very largely attended Meetings were held in the Drax Hall last month to
arrange for the erection of a Memorial to the Sailors and Soldiers from this parish Bere Regis Sports Club | Christmas Cup of Good Cheer and Presentation Evening
who have fallen during the War. On June the 16 the Meeting was absolutely - 5th December at Wareham Golf Club |
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unanimous in agreeing that a Cross, inscribed with the names of the Fallen should
be erected in the Churchyard. The Cross will stand facing Church Lane on the
Western side of the public footpath so that it can be seen from the main road.
A committee, comprising one near relative of each fallen man, with one or two
others, is to be responsible to the design... We trust that the relations of those,
whose names are to be on the base of the Cross, will feel that the memorial really
has a twofold object, first to commemorate the Fallen and, secondly to express
real and deep sympathy for themselves, upon whom the sorrows of the War have
come so heavily.”
The Parish Magazine for August 1919 reported:
“Another important step has been made towards the erection of the War
Memorial and that is the collection of sufficient money for the purpose... we may
state that here that upwards of £150 has come in, and that is sufficient to provide

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