Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- North Shropshire
- Town
- Market Drayton
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: September 1921
Attended by: BRIG GEN G R P WINSER CMG DSO - Dedicated
Date: September 1921
Attended by: Archdeacon of Salop - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13920
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
Market Drayton
North Shropshire
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 670 340
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- CHAPEL WITH CARVED ALTAR AND REREDOS. NOWY HEADED BRASS PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN FACES THE SOUTH DOOR IN NOWY HEAD IS A CROSS AND SCROLL ENCOMPASSED BY A WREATH
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND THE (IMPERISHABLE?) MEMORY OF THE BRAVE MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THEIR/ HOMES THIS CHAPEL OF (REMEMBRANCE?) IS DEDICATED/ (NAMES)/ "GRANT THEM, O LORD, ETERNAL REST AND/ LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Balse, Walter
Barnett, William
Bennett, George P
Bennett, Herbert
Bennett, R James
Bennion, Reginald W
Boote, Ernest
Clifford, Walter
Davies, John
Eiches, Robert A
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 139
Served and returned: 0
Died: 139
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename
Order of information: year died,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE
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