Memorial

Seighford WW1 Tablet

Source: Orphan Works 13605

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Current Location

On the North wall of the porch, St Chads Church, Moor Lane, Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 9PQ, England

SJ 88234 24999

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 13605
Description: ORNATE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN THE CENTRE AND FLANKED BY FOUR FIGURES AT EITHER SIDE. UPPER PART CONTAINS STYLISED RELIEFS TOPPED BY TRACERY. THERE IS A MATCHING SHELF BELOW THE TABLET. FIGURES ARE OF ST GEORGE AND SAINT ANDREW ON THE LEFT AND ST PATRICK AND ST DAVID ON THE RIGHT. LAUREL WREATH SURROUNDS A CROWN IN THE UPPER PART AND UPPER BORDER HAS RELIEFS FOLIATE RELIEFS AND THE ARMS OF ST GEORGE AND ST ANDREW
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE/ THIER LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ "GREATER LOVE HATH MAN THAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

Tablet

Height: c2200mm

Width: 1440mm

Depth: 160mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

THE SHREWSBURY CHRONICLE by N/A p8 / 11th April 1919 Source: Media Library Published:N/A SHREWSBURY Meeting to decide on memorial speperate from Parish memorial. Decided not to include names of wounded. Decision to erect a brass plaque to be fixed on the large pillar in the middle of the Church, which is contrary to the actual memorial.