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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town
Shrewsbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: 7 Nov. 1925
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64389

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Current location

C1923 displayed at an exhibition in London
then handed over to Mayor of Shrewsbury for safekeeping
being placed in strongroom of Free Library. Nov. 1925 placed In Shrewsbury Museum.
St Chads Church
St Chads Terrace
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1 1JX
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 487 125
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Book of remembrance bound in dark brown leather with names handprinted on velleum, placed in glass case on a carved oak lectern. A second book of remembrance and oak lectern, created for Shropshire's WW2 dead, and replicating this style, is also housed nearby.
Inscription
On lectern: REMEMBER Book: this roll of honour was compiled by Frederick Crowte, Clerk to the Lieutenancy, for the County War Memorial Committee, under the chairmanship of the Lord Lieutenant, George Charles, 4th Earl of Powis. The roll was written by Alfred Leonard Reeve and the binding was designed by Douglas Cockerell, 1922.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 5000
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 5000
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Book
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Vellum, Leather
  • Lectern
    Measurements: height c1500mm
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Reference
  • THE SHREWSBURY CHRONICLE by N/A 29 April 1921 p.8; 4 Aug. 1922 p.4; 22 May 1925 p.5; 12 June 1925 p.9; 26 June 1925 p.6; 31 July 1925; 13 Nov. 1925 p.4. Source: Media Library Published:N/A SHREWSBURY
  • WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A 8 Oct. 1921 pp.3,12.; 25 Aug.1923 p.6 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE

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