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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Communion or altar ware
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 6 November 1919
Attended by: Dr W T A Barber
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13991
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Current location
ST JOHNS WESLEYAN CHURCH
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 490 120
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- A silver Communion service: the plate is engraved with the names of the fallen, whilst the names of those who served are inscribed on a mahogany board affixed to the wall to the right of the Communion table.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR: 1914 -1919 ROLL OF HONOUR. IN EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN BELONGING TO ST JOHN'S WESLEYAN CHURCH WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR (NAMES) (LINE SPACING UNKNOWN) COMMUNION SERVICE: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Communionware
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Silver
- Communionware
- 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
- 'Shrewsbury and District: War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 15 November 1919, p. 6.
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