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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 14 March 1949
Attended by: Bishop Suffragan of Shrewsbury
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14008
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Current location
PRIORY SCHOOL
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 490 120
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A memorial chapel. Inside, plaques bearing the names, ranks, and regiments of the fallen are placed above the altar, surmounted by an oil painting of St. George and the Dragon (by Mr P A Barker, the school art master).
- Inscription
- (NOT KNOWN)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- 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
- History
- ?LOST
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- 'Shrewsbury and District: Old Priorians', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 21 February 1920, p. 7.
- 'School Memorial Chapel Dedicated', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 19 March 1949, p. 8.
- 'Unique School Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 12 March 1949, p. 8.
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