Memorial

Wellington

Gate

Source: Copyright Unknown

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Church Street, Wellington, Wrekin, Shropshire, TF1 1DR, England

SJ 65042 11673

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Gate
WMR Reference Number: 13911
Description: WOODEN LYCHGATE WITH FOUR STONE CORNER BASES SUPPORTING WOOD FRAME AND TILED ROOF. LOWER ARCH IS ROUND INDICATING CLASSICAL ARCH OF TRIUMPH. UPPER IS POINTED INDICATING THE GOTHIC ARCH OF WORSHIP AND PRAYER.
Inscription: ROADSIDE SIDE: WELLINGTON TOWN WAR MEMORIAL/ THESE ARE THEY WHICH CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION PARK SIDE: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ SOUTHWEST WALL PLAQUES 1 AND 3: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE FOLOWING WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN THANKFULNESS TO ALMIGHTY GOD FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF OTHERS/ (NAMES) SOUTHWEST WALL PLAQUE 2: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES). NORTHEAST WALL PLAQUE: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ (NAMES)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES).

Maker(s): Edwin Whittingham and Sons Ltd, Builder
F H Shayler FRIBA, Architect
Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 2015-War Memorials Trust grant of £10,305 (reference WM8670) for repair and conservation as it was in poor conditions with deteriorated stonework and joints with missing or defective mortar. The steps leading to the lychgate were uneven and had moved. Anti-graffiti paint had to be removed as it was impacting on the structure by inhibiting breathing and water escaping from within, leading to expansion and cracking of stone. All these issues were rectified, also the inscription on the timber arch was re-gilded. Work completed early 2016.