Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Lichfield
- Town
- Whittington
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13610
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Current location
St Giles' Church
Church Street
Whittington
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 9JX
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 15805 08326
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHURCH ORGAN WITH ASSOCIATED PLAQUE. PLAQUE IS MOUNTED ON WOODEN BACKBOARD WITH SCROLL EFFECT. WOODEN ANGEL EITHER SIDE OF PLAQUE. WHOLE STANDS TOP CENTRE OF ORGAN PIPES.
- Inscription
- THIS ORGAN WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHITTINGTON MEN / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. / (Names)/ THIS BRASS PLATE WAS BROUGHT FROM MONS BATTLEFIELD.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bridgen, James
Britt, Thomas
Daniels, James Patrick
Dollin, Thomas William
Dyott, Kenelm Mitchell
Eade, Alfred
Eade, Charles
Edgington, John
Fisher, Frederick George
Paling, Joseph
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenme, surname, regiment
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Figures
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Backboard
- 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
- St Giles Church Organ
- WMO ID: 220038
- Condition: Good [last updated on 26-02-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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