Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Stokesay
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 29 July 1921
Attended by: Archdeacon of Shrewsbury, Archdeacon Lilley - Rededicated
Date: 17 October 1999
Attended by: Bishop of Hereford, The Right Reverend John Oliver, The Reverend Alan Toop. - Unveiled
Date: 29 July 1921
Attended by: Brigadier-General J G Rotton CB CMG - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13813
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Current location
In the churchyard
St John the Baptist Church
A49
Stokesay
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY7 9AH
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 43568 81766
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Corvedale Road
Craven Arms
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY7 9ND
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 43303 82807
Denomination: Undefined
- Corvedale Road
- Description
- Two-stepped base surmounted by two plinths and sandstone figure. Inscription carved onto sides of the plinths. Figure is of a WW1 soldier standing to attention. A carved dolphin forms a back post for the statue.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: TO PERPETUATE THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THE PARISH OF STOKESAY / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918 / AND WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBES BELOW / (Names) / 1939-1945 / (Names) 3 and 9 o'clock faces: AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO ALSO / FOUGHT FOR KING AND COUNTRY, / HAPPILY RETURNED, AND WHOSE / NAMES ARE INSCRIBED BELOW / (Names) 12 o'clock face: ADDITIONAL NAMES CONTINUED FROM SIDE PANELS / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, G
Barker, E C
Beaman, W H
Benbow, C
Biggs, J R
Biggs, W G
Blakeway, G
Boulton, C H
Bowen, A
Bowen, B
See details for all 142 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname.
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname. - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 134
Served and returned: 110
Died: 24
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials, surname.
Order of information: Surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Hornton
- Figure
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
- 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
- Stokesay
- WMO ID: 126736
- Condition: Good [last updated on 08-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1999: Renovated and cleaned.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Craven Arms Town Council
- Reference
- Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE
- Historic England historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1269937 WAR MEMORIAL IN CHURCHYARD OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST. Accessed 31 May 2022.
- War Memorials Trust WM194 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=392 . Accessed 31 May 2022.
- Bennett, Alan, Untold Stories (London: Faber & Faber, 2001), p. 361.
- Anonymous, 'War Memorial at Stokesay and Craven Arms', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 6 August 1921, p. 7, cl. 6.
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