Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Stowe
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13810
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Current location
ST MICHAELS CHURCH
Stowe
South Shropshire
Shropshire
LD7 1ND
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 31041 73686
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Wooden lychgate with wooden cross nailed to the top of the roof. Dedicatory metal plaques placed inside the gate.
- Inscription
- PLAQUE ONE: BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND / SACRIFICE THESE PASSED / OUT OF SIGHT. / (NAMES) / "OUR DEAD THROUGH WHOM / WE LIVE" PLAQUE TWO: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO FOUGHT AND FELL / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918. / THIS LYCHGATE WAS ERECTED / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF / STOW AND THE INHABITANTS / OF THE LORDSHIP OF / STANAGE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Finch, Harry
Middleton, William
Poole, Thomas
Price, Arthur
Weaver, Wallace
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaques
Measurements: height 610 mm, width 290 mm
Materials: Metal
- Gate
- 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 Michael's Church
- WMO ID: 254741
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 10-05-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- c 1990: oak pillars and gate repaired
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Stowe Parochial Church Council and Vicar
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