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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town
Shrewsbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Regimental Memorials
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64374
Current location

In Shrewsbury Castle.
Shropshire Regimental Museum
Castle Gates
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1 2AT
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 493 128
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Silver shield with regimental numbers, surnames and ranks, from Warrant Officer to LSgt, of members of the Sergeants' Mess.
Inscription
(Records the thanks of the Hong Kong Community for assistance given during the plague in 1894, and listing members of the Sergeants' Mess of the 1st Battn King's Shropshire Light Infantry.)
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Regimental Memorials
    Total names on memorial: 62
    Served and returned: 62
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,additional
    Order of information: rank
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Silver
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Shropshire Regimental Museum

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