Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Bicton Heath
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11 April 1920
Attended by: Maj C R B Wingfield
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14030
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Current location
Oxon Church
Welshpool Road
Bicton Heath
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY3 5AJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 45919 13226
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A white marble tablet with a black marble border. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the tablet.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAMED/ OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN/ BELONGING TO SHELTON AND OXON, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ Greater love hath no man than this/ that a man lay down his life for his friends./ ST JOHN XXII
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Andrews, Samuel
Bashall, William
Bownes, Frederick
Craggs, Percy
Dodd, George Frederick
Hudson, John Richard
Hudson, Williams Thomas
Jones, Henry
Killan, Edward John
Lee, Henry William
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Regiment, Rank, Forenames, Surname
Order of information: Regiment, Rank, Forename, Surname
- 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
- 'Bicton Heath: Memorial Service', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 17 April 1920, p. 11.
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