Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wrekin
- Town
- Wellington
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 21 October 1922
Attended by: John Kempthorne, Bishop of Lichfield
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 85997
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Current location
Wrekin College Chapel
Sutherland Road
Wellington
Wrekin
Shropshire
TF1 3BH
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 65603 11806
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Old Hall School Chapel
Old Hall Gardens
Holyhead Road
Wellington
Wrekin
Shropshire
TF1 2NG
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Old Hall School Chapel
- Description
- Two brass plaques within a group of 4. The inscriptions are incised in black gothic lettering and each has a cavalry cross in the top left hand corner.
- Inscription
- Plaque 1: ‘This chapel is dedicated to the memory of the old boys of who fought and fell in the Great War 1914-1918. “They gave their all”. Plaque 2: contains a Latin inscription and the names of the fallen.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initials and surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaques
- 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
- Wellington Journal and Shrewsbury News - 28 October 1922 Wellington LA21 Group - www.wellingtonswar.co.uk/the-heritage/wrekin-college-chapel
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