Memorial

Ruyton-XI-Towns

Ruyton Of The Eleven Towns

Source: Copyright Irena White

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Current Location

east of the village on the south side of the road., Brownhill Street (B4397), Ruyton-XI-Towns, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY4 1LR, England

SJ 39907 22281

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Type of Memorial: Shrine
WMR Reference Number: 13823
Description: Shrine: Wall-mounted cross, two WW1 tablets (the second commemorating three men whose names were omitted from the original) and a WW2 tablet set within a small roadside cave cut into a sandstone cliff wall. Each of the WW1s tablet bears the arms of the ancient borough of Ruyton and those of the county of Shropshire, with a laurel wreath between the arms. There are two sandstone seats in the cave, one against the left-hand wall and the other against the right-hand wall.
Inscription: Above exterior of cave entrance: 1914 - 1919 Lower down exterior on left-hand: 1939 Lower down exterior on right-hand side: 1945 First WW1 tablet: 1914 - 1919/ The Great War/ In memory of/ (names)/ We will remember them/ This present life is not the end/ Also in honour of/ the 130 other men who served from/ Ruyton-XI-Towns Second WW1 tablet: 1914 - 1919/ The Great War/ In memory of/ (names) WW2 tablet: 1939 - 1945/ (names)

Maker(s): Mr Stanley Vaughan, 29 Paternoster Row, London, Architect
Mr Warwick Edwards, Builder
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2006/7: Second WW1 tablet added with one name (Alfred Rogers). 2023/24: Tablet replaced with another bearing three names (Alfred Rogers, Charles H Hanmer and Ernest Lloyd).