Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wrekin
- Town
- Newport
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 2 April 1920
Attended by: Rev Father C Giles; Rev Dr Hazelhurst
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14044
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Current location
In the churchyard facing the road
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Waterside Mews
Newport
Wrekin
Shropshire
TF10 7PA
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 74233 19232
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- A Crucifix on a simple stand. A tablet, bearing the inscription and the names, is laid flat on the ground at the foot of the cross.
- Inscription
- THIS CRUCIFIX/ WAS ERECTED IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS CONGREGATION/ WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ PRAY FOR THEIR SOULS/ (NAMES)/ (NAME)/ 1944/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AMEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- England, J
Griffin, C
Kane, P
Kelly, J
Kilcoyne, P
Marston, J M
Mulcrone, P
Rylance, C
Rylance, T
Ward, E
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename
Order of information: year died - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White - Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Tablet
- 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
- 'Newport: Catholic War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 10 April 1920, p. 10.
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