Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Wrekin
- Town
- Coalbrookdale
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 22nd May 1921
Attended by: Major General Sir Charles V F Townshend KCB CB DSO MP;
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13847
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Current location
At the entrance to the grounds of the YHA building.
YHA Coalbrookdale
1 Paradise
Coalbrookdale
Wrekin
Shropshire
TF8 7NR
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 66992 04313
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Obelisk surmounted by a cross, all in cast iron on a concrete base. Name plaques mounted on obelisk.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock front face: "THEIR / NAME LIVETH / FOR/ EVERMORE" / ECCL'US - XLIV-14 // ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE NAMED BELOW / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 -1919 / (60 NAMES) // 9 o'clock face: TO THE GLORIOUS / . MEMORY . / OF THE MEN OF / THIS VILLAGE WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THEIR COUNTRY / IN THE WAR OF / 1939 -1945 // (7 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barnett, Williamw R
Baugh, William
Bennett, William
Bowen, Alfred
Bradley, George
Cooper, W G Gollins
Corfield, Harry
Darby, Maurice A
Davies, Cecil
Davies, George B
See details for all 67 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initial, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 60
Served and returned: 0
Died: 60
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname.
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height 18FT 6"
Materials: Cast Iron - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Cast Iron
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- RAILINGS GATES AND WAR MEMORIAL WEST OF THE COALBROOKDALE INSTITUTE
- 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
- Coalbrookdale
- WMO ID: 109963
- Condition: Good [last updated on 12-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2010: Grant applied for by the Ironbridge Gorge Parish Council to War Memorials Trust for repairs and cleaning. 1968, March: GII listed Names cast as separate panels and fixed to cast iron Obelisk.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- The Shrewsbury Chronicle by N/A p7 col 3/ 2 May 1919 Source: Media Library Published:N/A Shrewsbury Decision to erect a memorial
- The Shrewsbury Chronicle by N/A p7 col 3/ 27 May 1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A Shrewsbury Unveiling report
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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