Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wychavon
- Town
- Droitwich
- County
- Hereford And Worcester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32343
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Current location
On wall in Nave
ST PETERS CHURCH
Church Street
Droitwich
Wychavon
Hereford And Worcester
WR9 7AN
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 90200 62500
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED, MARBLE TABLET SET ON SLATE BACKBOARD: CROSS KEYS OF ST PETER IN UPPER LEFT CORNER, DROITWICH COAT OF ARMS IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (20 NAMES)/ THEY WERE A WALL UNTO US BOTH BY NIGHT AND DAY (Exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bateman, Thomas
Bourne, Thomas
Collins, Frederick
Freeman, Walter
Harris, George
Harrison, Albert
Harrison, George
Hunt, James
Kendrick, William
Knight, Archie W
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Tablet
Measurements: height 870MM, width 680MM
Materials: Marble
- Backboard
- 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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