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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sculptured / Cast figure
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5 September 1920
Attended by: Sister Francis
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14005
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Current location
SHREWSBURY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 490 120
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A statue of the Virgin Mary and Child set into a niche of carved walnut, on the doors of which are the names of the fallen.
- Inscription
- (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, E
Beasty, H
Bellasis, J
Bellasis, P
Bennett, E
Cawley, J
Cooke, M
Cox, E
Cullen, L
Dalgleish, A
See details for all 59 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 40
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Memorial
- 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
- 'Fallen Scholars: Memorial Unveiled at Shrewsbury Catholic School', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 10 September 1920, p. 5.
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