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    Memorial

    Whitchurch Cenotaph

    Memorial Insitu

    Source: Copyright S.J. Clark

    1/16

    Current Location

    Station Road/Queen's Road, Whitchurch, North Shropshire, Shropshire, SY13 1RE, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 54674 41451

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    Type of Memorial
    Obelisk
    WMR Reference Number
    13926
    Description
    White Holington Stone obelisk with a carved laurel wreath on the shaft. Mounted on a stepped square base, the South face of which carries the WW1 Dedication tablet beneath a granite Latin Cross. The Names are carried on the East and West faces, with the WW1 tablets being in the lower section, and the WW2 tablets on the upper section. The tablets are slate, with the inscriptions being incised and whitened. Beneath each of the WW1 tablets there is an Addendum plaque in brass, with incised lettering. The memorial is set in a walled garden, the lie of the land leading to there being steps up from the Station Road at the front, with a level entrance from Queens Road at the East side of the garden. There are benches (one of the being WMR 68700), and a sundial in an open space behind the North face of the memorial.
    Inscription
    WW1 Dedication: In proud and grateful memory/ of the men from this town who/ gave their lives in the/ Great War 1914 - 1918/ "Faithful unto death"/ Rev.ii 10 (Names on tablets on the faces to the left and right, with brass Addendum plaques beneath) WW2 tablets on West and East faces: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    107
    Died
    107
    Information shown
    Forename, initials, surname, awards
    Order of names
    No apparent order
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    40
    Died
    40
    Information shown
    Forename, initials, surname, awards
    Order of names
    No apparent order
    Maker(s)
    • MR W WEBB, Architect

    Costs
    £900

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11th November 1920

    REV SYDNEY DUGDALE

    Components

    Obelisk

    Made from: Stone - Hornton


    Condition: Good


    • THE SHREWSBURY CHRONICLE by N/A p5 31-10-1919 Source: Media Library Published:N/A SHREWSBURY p4 30-12-1921
    • WELLINGTON JOURNAL & SHREWSBURY NEWS by N/A p7 30-04-1921 Source: Media Library Published:N/A WELLINGTON, SHROPSHIRE