Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Wrekin
Town
High Ercall
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: October 1989
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
38007

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Current location

St Michael and All Angels Church
Church Rd
High Ercall
Wrekin
Shropshire
TF6 6AF
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 59467 17350
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Framed and glazed Roll of Honour with hand-written inscription in black lettering.
Inscription
MAIN PART: ROLL OF HONOUR/ NO. 247/ (CHINA-BRITISH)/ FIGHTER SQUADRON/ ROYAL AIR FORCE./ (NAMES) UPPER RIGHT CORNER: "THE CHINA-BRITS."/ AN ODD MIX THAT MOULDED INTO ONE COMPOSITE WHOLE,/ THAT THOUGHT AND ACTED WITH ONE MIND AGAINST A COMMON FOE/ THEY THOUGHT OF ONLY AS WELL MATCHED AND EQUAL./ THEY HAD NO HATE, THEY DID NOT FIRE WITH VICIOUSNESS, NOR HATE,/ ONLY AS A DEFENCE AND WHAT MUST BE DONE,/ THOUGH SOME MAY LOSE THEIR LIVES IN CARRYING THROUGH THE INTENT./ LIFE, SOMEONE SAID, IS BUT A SMALL THING TO LOSE,/ BUT YOUNG MEN DO NOT THINK IT SO, AND THESE WERE YOUNG./ WE WHO ARE LEFT ARE NO LONGER OF THEIR AGE, AS ONCE WE WERE,/ YET WE REMEMBER THAT ONCE THEY FLEW BESIDE US, WING TO WING,/ NOW THEY KEEP FORMATION IN OUR HEARTS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 74
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 74
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death
    Order of information: surname,rank,place of death,year died
Components
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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