Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- South Shropshire
- Town
- Stokesay
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57382
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Current location
The most easterly window in the south aisle.
St John the Baptist Church
Stokesay
South Shropshire
Shropshire
SY7 9NS
England
OS Grid Ref: SO 43643 82699
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Window with dedicatory wall mounted plaque.
- Inscription
- To the glory of God and the memory of Lt Edward Hotchkiss of the Army Flying Corps, (sic) the first Shropshire aviator, who lost his life while flying at Wolversley, Oxfordshire, 10 September 1912, Age 29. This window and brass were erected by his family and friends. (exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Glass - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Window
- 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,other
- Reference
- Railway and Canal Society Road Transport Group Occasional Paper 3 2nd series, No. 74
- Aviation Landmarks by Gardner, Jean 25 Published:Battle of Britain Prints International Limited 1990 London
- BRITAIN'S AVIATION MEMORIALS & MEMENTOES by SMITH, DAVID J 124 Source: Image Library IWM Published:PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED 1992 SPARKFORD
- Railway and Canal Society Road Transport Group Occasional Paper 1 2nd series, No. 11
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