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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Little Ness
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 11 December 1919
Attended by: Bishop of Lichfield
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13885
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Current location
On roadside in the village centre.
Little Ness Road
Little Ness
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY4 2LG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 40857 19702
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A square plinth surmounted by a tapering shaft and crucifix. The dedication is written on three sides of the plinth.
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS./ (Names)/ JESUS MERCY 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: THESE FOUGHT IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Birchall, Arthur
Birchall, Charles
Birchall, Herbert
Bucknall, John
Davies, Archibald
Davies, Frederick
Davies, George
Davies, John
Davies, Thomas
Davies, Thomas J
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 47
Served and returned: 38
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank, regiment.
Order of information: Rank, surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Crucifix
Measurements: depth 1500MM, height 6500MM, width 1500MM
Materials: Stone - Portland - Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Grinshill
- Crucifix
- Listing information
- Little Ness 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
- Little Ness
- WMO ID: 109925
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 11-06-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2014 Feb: Listed Grade II. 2006: Applied for grant from War Memorials Trust (awarded 2007) 1992:Lichen on memorial
- Costs
Site: Donated
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A 13 December 1919 p.11 col.5 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE Report of dedication.
- More info and pictures www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/109925/
- War Memorials Trust Bulletin No.61 p.8 Published:War Memorials Trust London
- War Memorials Trust WM 1907
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