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St Marys Church - Cross

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ST MARYS CHURCH, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY1 1DZ, England

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SJ 49313 12608

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Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 13888
Description: LATIN CROSS ON THREE STEPPED BASE AND RAISED SQUARE PLATFORM. FOUR SMALL BOLLARDS AT CORNER OF PLATFORM.
Inscription: 6 O'Clock face, Upper Step: THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ ERECTED TO THE NEVER FADING MEMORY OF THE GALLANT/ SAILORS SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN OF THIS TOWN/ WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 6 O'Clock face, Middle Step: SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO12 LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP 6 O'Clock face, Lower Step: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS TOWN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II AND ALL CONFLICTS SINCE 12 O'Clock face, Middle Step: THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF / DISCHARGED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS SHREWSBURY BRANCH 1920 Corner Post Face 1 : PALESTINE / GAZA / MESOPOTAMIA / KUT Corner Post Face 2: LOOS / VIMY RIDGE / SOMME / HULLUCH Corner Post Face 3: HILL 60 / ARRAS / MESSINES RIDGE / CAMBRAI Corner Post Face 4: NEUVE CHAPELLE / HOOGE / GIVENCHY / FESTUBERT Corner Post Face 5: MONS / AISNE / MARNE / YPRES Corner Post Face 6: FALKLAND ISLES / HELIGOLAND / JUTLAND / ZEEBRUGGE Corner Post Face 7: BULGARIA / SALONICA / SERBIA / CUXHAVEN Corner Post Face 8: DARDANELLES / GALLIPOLI / SUVLA BAY / ACHI BABA Kerbs: Mont Bligny East Africa Italy Russia

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

History

Maintenance History: ACCORDING TO NEWSPAPER REPORTS THIS MEMORIAL UNDERWENT SEVERAL CHANGES FROM ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN - OWING TO LACK OF FUNDS DETAILS OF ORNAMENTAL WORK HAD TO BE OMITTED. FINAL NOTE SHORTLY BEFORE THE UNVEILING REFERS TO A FIGURE OF CHRIST BUT THIS IS ALSO NOW ABSENT. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE FINAL DESIGN HAD TO BE SLIMMED DOWN TO ITS PRESENT FORM, WHETHER THE FIGURE WAS STOLEN, OR WHETHER IN FACT THE PRESENT MEMORIAL IS A MORE RECENT REPLACEMENT.

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Unveiled: September 1920

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