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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bridgnorth
- Town
- Stanton Long
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 7 October 1920
Attended by: DEAN OF HEREFORD
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14081
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Current location
St Michael and All Angels Church
Stanton Long
Bridgnorth
Shropshire
TF13 6LQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 57159 90715
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION and DECORATIVE BORDER
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN EVER LOVING AND PROUD MEMORY OF/ WALLACE BLAKE JONES/ OF THE 10TH K.S.L.I./ WHO FELL NOBLY DEFENDING THE RIGHT/ AT BURJ EL LISANEH PALESTINE/ MARCH 10TH 1918/ AGED 27/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Jones, Wallace Blake
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, manner of death,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
- Reference
- WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS 16 October 1920 Page 9 column 4
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