Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
- District
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Town
- Shillington
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 2/7/1920
Attended by:
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1664
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Current location
All Saints Church
Church Street
Shillington
Mid Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
SG5 3LJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 12386 33941
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Chapel with oak memorial board inside on which is mounted a repousse copper sheet painted black with raised lettering in the copper finish. At the top of the sheet is a crown surmounted by a cross with a palm leaf extended each side.
- Inscription
- THIS CHAPEL WAS RESTORED TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SHILLINGTON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES) / GRANT THEM LORD ETERNAL PEACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ansell, Alfred
Ansell, Harry
Brewer, John
Denton, Joseph
Grundon, William
Hyde, Bertram
Ingram, Robert
Jenkins, Lewis
Jepps, Charles
Larman, Bertram Albert
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 0
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Copper - Pulpit
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Backboard
Measurements: height 560MM, width 850MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaque
- 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
- Bedfordshire Times and Independent 9/7/1920, reported the dedication of the newly completed restoration of the Chapel, to serve as a memorial to the Fallen.
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