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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Pulpit or pulpit part
- District
- Wrekin
- Town
- St Georges
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- MESSRS BRIDGEMAN & CO OF LICHFIELD (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 14th May 1921
Attended by: BRIGADIER GENERAL LLOYD CB DSO - Dedicated
Date: C 14th May 1921
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Stafford - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 38062
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Current location
ST GEORGES CHURCH
St Georges
Wrekin
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 703 110
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CAEN STONE PULPIT WITH DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF (NAMES) WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THIER COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918. "WHERE LOYAL HEARTS AND TRUE STAND EVER IN THY SIGHT" "MAY THEY REST IN PEACE (EXACT LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Addison, Geo
Ball, Edward
Beech, Fred
Bourne, Edward
Capper, Harry
Carr, Herbert
Carr, Thomas
Cooper, William
Dawes, Lewis
Doody, William
See details for all 54 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 54
Served and returned: 0
Died: 54
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Pulpit
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Caen
- 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
- Costs
Memorial: Over £160.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A 14 May 1921 p.4 col.7 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE
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