
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Mr T Guerin Robin (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 26 April 1920
Attended by: Alderman T P Deakin
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13975
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Current location
IN THE LOBBY
LANCASTERIAN SCHOOL
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 490 120
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- An oak board with gold lettering, flanked by representations of a sword and a figure of a bulldog. An inscription runs under the columns of names.
- Inscription
- (NAMES) O GOD TO US MAY GRACE BE GIVEN TO FOLLOW IN THEIR TRAIN (LINE SPACING UNKNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 43
Served and returned: 0
Died: 43
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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
- Costs
Site: c£40
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public,other
Details: Subscribed for in part by friends and relatives of the fallen; the remainder was met by the proceeds of a concert given by the children of the school. - Reference
- 'Shrewsbury and District: War Memorial Unveiled', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 1 May 1920, p. 6.
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