Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bridgnorth
- Town
- Bridgnorth
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 May 1921
Attended by: MAYOR OF BRIDGNORTH
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13940
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Current location
Bridgnorth Endowed School
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4ER
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 71627 93474
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Bridgnorth Grammar School
Northgate
Bridgnorth
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
WV16 4EZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 71627 93474
Denomination: Undefined
- Bridgnorth Grammar School
- Description
- Board consisting of a mosaic of 102 dark blue, rectangular tiles upon which the commemoration and names are inlaid in gold. Light blue rectangular tiles form a frame around the whole.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF THE FORTY-THREE OLD BRIDGNORTHIANS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY FROM 1914 TO 1918/ [names in 4 columns]/ SO THEY PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED ON THE OTHER SIDE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beaman, J H P
Boucher, A E
Bourne, R
Burton, E F
Cookson, H B
Dain, J L
Dickinson, H
Dove, H F
Dyer, H F
Findon, F L
See details for all 43 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 43
Served and returned: 0
Died: 43
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN initials
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Shrewsbury Chronicle: 3 June 1921 Pg 7. Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News: 24 April 1920.
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