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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Thamesdown
- Town
- Swindon
- County
- Wiltshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 24188
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Current location
STORAGE SHED
Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
Thamesdown
Wiltshire
SN2 2EY
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 14241 84994
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- TRIANGULAR PEDIMENTED WOODEN BOARD WITH PEDIMENT SUPPORTED BY TWO PILASTERS. ?CARVED INSCRIPTION IN PAINTED LETTERING. IN THE CENTRE IS A CRAVED WREATH WITH THE NAMES OF THE FALLEN WITHIN IT. AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WREATH ARE LEAVES
- Inscription
- TABLET (...)/ FELLOW SHOP MATES TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THE "A" ERECTING SHED WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918, AND TO RECORD THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO/ ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL./ (NAMES)/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 231
Served and returned: 213
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,manner of death
Order of information: manner of death,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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
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