Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Longden
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: August 1921
Attended by: COL WF CATON JONES
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13960
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Current location
PARISH CHURCH
Longden
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY5 8EY
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 44159 06395
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- LYCHGATE WITH OAK RAILS ON EITHER SIDE AND A DEDICATORY BRONZE PLAQUE ON THE FRONT BEAM WHICH BEARS INSCRIPTION.
- Inscription
- THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 - 45/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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
- Longden Memorial Gate
- WMO ID: 201076
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-04-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1923: YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH PUTTING GRAFETTI ON THE MEMORIAL
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Shrewsbury Chronicle: 5 August 1921. Pg.5. 1 June 1923. Pg 2. 10 July 1925.Pg 12.
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