Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Worthen
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1920
Attended by: Revd Dr Williams; - Rededicated
Date: 02nd December 1949
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Unveiled
Date: September 1920
Attended by: Brigadier General A H O Lloyd; - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13829
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Current location
Roadside
opposite Brookside and shop.
Worthen War Memorial
Main Road
B4386
Worthen
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY5 9HW
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 32752 04696
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Three-stepped square base surmounted by a tall square sectioned plinth, bolster stone and chamfer-edged plain Latin cross. Darley Dale stone construction. Two bronze plaques, each with inscriptions and names, are set into the front face of the plinth. Upper portrait oriented plaque bears WW1 names and lower landscape oriented plaque bears two WW2 names. Text in relief on both plaques. Memorial is enclosed on three sides by a hedge and metal, spike-topped railings with gate, at the front roadside boundary.
- Inscription
- Plaque 1: "LEST WE FORGET" / ERECTED 1920 / TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE FROM / THE PARISH OF WORTHEN / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918. / (28 NAMES) // Plaque 2: THIS TABLET IS ADDED / IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945. / (2 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astley, E
Bailey, A
Bryan, J
Davies, T
Day, R W L
Evans, H
Hughes, T
Jones, W
Lee, E
Maddox, F
See details for all 28 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: initials, surname
Order of information: surname, initials - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cross
Measurements: height 12 ft, width 8 ft
Materials: Stone - Darley Dale
- Plaques
- Listing information
- Worthen War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Worthen War Memorial
- WMO ID: 239321
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-12-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Painting of surrounding railings and cleaning of the plaques as required.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Worthen with Shelve Parish Council
- Reference
- Source: Media Library Published: N/A Shrewsbury
- Source: Media Library Published: N/A Wellington, Shropshire
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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