Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Much Wenlock
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: May 1921
Attended by: LORD FORESTER - Dedicated
Date: May 1921
Attended by: REV PREBENDARY BARTLEET DD AND RD OF WENLOCK - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13938
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Current location
Holy Trinity Church
Wilmore Street
Much Wenlock
South Shropshire
Shropshire
TF13 6HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 62356 99996
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- BRONZE PLAQUE ON MARBLE WITH INSCRIPTION
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF MUCH WENLOCK / WHOSE DEATHS HELPED UNDER GOD / TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919 / THIS MONUMENT RECORDING THEIR NAMES / IS PLACED BY THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN / WITH GRATITUDE AND PRIDE Names
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Beddoe, Percy
Bishop, Ernest
Bodenham, Cecil
Bright, John
Bright, Samuel
Burton, William
Cadwallader, William
Carter, William
Clee, Charles
Cookson, Vincent
See details for all 65 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 65
Served and returned: 0
Died: 65
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Backboard
- 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
- Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News: 28 May 1921 Pg 7. Shrewsbury Chronicle: 27 May 1921 Pg 5.
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