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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Shrewsbury And Atcham
- Town
- Shrewsbury
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Local community (Designer)
Local community (Makers) - Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 21 November 2008
Attended by: Mr Peter Owen
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66438
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Current location
The Wilfred Owen School
Hearne Way
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY2 5SL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 510 137
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- The Wilfred Owen School
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- The Wilfred Owen School
- Description
- A large tablet made up of decorated tiles.
- Inscription
- Centre: THE WILFRED OWEN SCHOOL/ AND/ POPPIES CHILDCARE/ THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED ON/ 21ST NOVEMBER 2008/ BY PETER OWEN/ NEPHEW OF WILFRED OWEN Bottom left: "MY SUBJECT IS WAR AND/ THE PITY OF WAR/ THE POETRY IS IN THE PITY"/ WILFRED OWEN 1918 Bottom right: THIS PLAQUE WAS DESIGNED/ AND MADE BY THE CHILDREN/ OF THE SCHOOL
- 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: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Tablet
- 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
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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