Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Oswestry
- Town
- Oswestry
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83667
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Current location
On left hand side after entering through Memorial Gateway
Cae Glas Park
Church Street
Oswestry
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 2ST
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 28907 29463
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Stone pillar with plaques on three sides. In area through Oswestry War Memorial Gates with other memorials.
- Inscription
- TO THOSE OF OUR NUMBER / WHO FELL ON ACTIVE SERVICE / 1953 - 2004 / WE WILL REMEMBER THEM INFANTRY JUNIOR LEADERS BATTALION / (FORMERLY INFANTRY BOYS BN) / …… / TUXFORD/HARROGATE 1952-1954 PLYMOUTH 1954-1960 / OSWESTRY 1960-1975 SHORNCLIFFE 1975-1985 ERECTED BY THE INFANTRY BOYS & JUNIOR LEADERS ASS. / 7th JUNE 2009 / THE ASSOCIATION WISH TO / ACKNOWLEDGE THE TOLERANCE KINDNESS / AND FRIENDSHIP SHOWN TO THEIR MEMBERS / BY THE PEOPLE OF OSWESTRY, / BOTH AS MEN AND BOYS. DEUS VULT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Non-Specific Conflict
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Specific Conflict
- Components
- Pillar
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal
- Pillar
- 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
- Infantry Boys & Junior Leaders Battalion
- WMO ID: 236394
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-06-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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