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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Serviceman / Servicewoman
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Sustrans Ltd (Makers)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 25 June 2013
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66205
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Current location
Facing the bus station
Roadside
Smithfield Road
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1 1QB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 492 128
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A life size two-dimensional steel figure of Wilfred Owen, First World War poet and Shrewsbury resident, in uniform with cap and rifle. It is situated next to a portrait bench with other figures of Martin Wood, Shrewsbury's town crier, and Sabrina, goddess of the River Severn.
- Inscription
- (None)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Steel
- Figure
- 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
- History
- Part of Shrewsbury's Connect 2 walking and cycling project, funded by Sustrans. Installed June 2013.
- Costs
Comments: The portrait bench cost £5,000 in total.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- Shropshire Star, 25 June 2013
- Shropshire Council Newsroom website: [shropshire.gov.uk/news/2013/06/local-icons-honoured-in connect2-project/]
- Travel Shropshire website: [www.travelshropshire.co.uk/bench/wilfredowen]
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