Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Clun
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 June 1921
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13786
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Current location
BESIDES THE LYCHGATE
St George's Church
Clun
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY7 8JH
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 30025 80559
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Stone cross on top of the wall of the churchyard with inscription below flanked by two walls. There is a seat beneath the tablets.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEN OF CLUN / WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY / 1914 -1 1919 / (NAMES) / 1939 - 1945 / (NAMES) / 1972 / N. IRELAND / (NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beddoes, Sydney
Bedwell, Barron
Bowen, John
Bowen, Pryce
Bright, William
Buchanan, D Neil G
Buckley, Herbert
Chidley, Herbert
Cornes, Harry
Darroll, Morris
See details for all 31 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 31
Served and returned: 0
Died: 31
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename and surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename and surname
Order of information: Undefined - Northern Ireland Conflict; The Troubles (1969-1998)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname and rank
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Cross
- Listing information
- Clun War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Clun War Memorial
- WMO ID: 138395
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-09-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Memorial: £340
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News, 5 April 1919, p.4, col. 4
- www. secretshropshire.org.uk - accessed 6 November 2008
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