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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- J T Warrington (Manufacturer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 20 March 1921
Attended by: Capt H P M Beames - Dedicated
Date: 20 March 1921
Attended by: Rev R G Ambrose - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14043
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Current location
In Railtrack Office
accessed via Platform 3.
Shrewsbury Railway Station
Castle Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1 2DQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 495 129
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Shrewsbury Locomotive Sheds
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Shrewsbury Locomotive Sheds
- Description
- A brass plaque with an engraved inscription, mounted onto a board. The railway company monogram is at the top centre.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918 LOCOMOTIVE DEPt. LNWR SHREWSBURY/ ROLL OF HONOUR/THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE FALLEN HEROES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE "GREAT WAR" THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FREEDOM. / (Names) / ALTOGETHER 149 MEN FROM THIS SHED/ GALLANTLY FOUGHT IN THE SAME CAUSE./ SUBSCRIBED BY THE WORKMATES OF THE ABOVE HEROES/AND ERECTED BY PERMISSION OF THE/ CHIEF MECHANICAL ENGINEER/ DECEMBER. 1920.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bedwell, E J B
Briggs, W G
Carswell, J
Crane, A T V
Cullen, L W
Gough, H F J
Hayward, G
Horton, J
Howells, S R
Jarvis, T W
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,additional
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
Memorial: £57 15s 0d
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- 'To Brave Colleagues: Shrewsbury Locomotive Department Memorial', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 28 January 1921, p. 5.
- 'Shrewsbury and District: Railway War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 26 March 1921, p. 6.
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