Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oswestry
- Town
- Whittington
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83656
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Current location
To the left of the church after entering through porch.
St John the Baptist Church
Church Road
Whittington
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 4DG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 32609 31275
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Six tablets in an elaborate wooden frame on rear internal wall of church with names of men from the parish who fell in WW1 and WW2.
- Inscription
- REMEMBER YE IN THE LORD, THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH / WHO FELL FOR KING AND COUNTRY, 1914 - 1919 AND 1939 - 1945. At the bottom but obscured by three photographs: ….ED NOT T...R LIVES …….. ATH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anderson, William Thomas
Badrock, Charles Robert
Badrock, John Henry
Blackmore, William
Davies, John
Davies, John
Davies, Thomas
Davies, Walter
Day, Cecil Hesketh Roslyn
Edwards, William Thomas
See details for all 38 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, date of death
Order of information: date of death - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, date of death
Order of information: date of death
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Undefined
- 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 - Reference
- St. John the Baptist Whittington, A History and Guide.
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