Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Preston Gobalds
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: April 1920
Attended by: BRIG GEN A H O LLOYD
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 14117
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Current location
In the churchyard.
St Martins Church
Preston Gobalds
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 490 190
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- TWO-STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY TAPERING PLINTH, SHAFT AND STYLISED CROSS. INSCRIPTION IN RAISED LETTERING ON THREE SIDES OF THE PLINTH
- Inscription
- FRONT FACE: IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE/ FOLLOWING PARISHIONERS OF/ PRESTON GOBALDS/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ THE MEMORIAL THEREOF SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN LEFT AND RIGHT FACE: (NAMES) Note that the place is spelt Gobalds on the memorial photo, though the OS map spells the village name as Gubbalds
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Classey, William
Cookson, Joseph
Croft, Harry
Ford, Frank
Griffiths, Francis
Gwilliam, Edward
Jones, Herbert
Lewis, Hugh
Luther, Martin
Rogers, Thomas
See details for all 14 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Cross
- 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
- Preston Gubbals
- WMO ID: 228317
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2016]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2000: DIRTY STATE OF THE CROSS AND FACT THAT SOME OF THE LETTERS HAVE FALLEN OFF MAKE THE INSCRIPTION AND SOME OF THE NAMES DIFFICULT TO READ. 2010 visit (see photos) shows improvement.
- Costs
Site: £48
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE
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