Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13889
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Current location
Shrewsbury Abbey
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY2 6BS
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 49818 12473
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- An elaborate wall monument with base and pediment, flanked by two pilasters with a castellated top. A plaque is inset in a window shaped recess with a sword of sacrifice in gilt on the plaque. The arms of Shrewsbury are on the pediment and a crown on the highest castellation.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ (Names)/ AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ OFFICERS AND MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbot, Ernest
Barlow, A G
Beaumont, S G
Beddoes, Clement
Bedell, Charles E
Bedell, Frederick L
Birch, Arthur R
Birch, Herbert H
Blaxland, J B
Carter, A W H
See details for all 55 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 55
Served and returned: 0
Died: 55
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, regiment, forename, decorations.
Order of information: Regiment, rank.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Shrewsbury Abbey WWI
- WMO ID: 109921
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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