Memorial

E W Snowdon

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IN THE VESTIBULE, GUILDHALL, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, England

SJ 490 120

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 13998
Description: A bronze plaque with an inscription.
Inscription: ERNEST WM SNOWDON, 7TH KSLI, AN OFFICIAL OF THIS BOROUGH, KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES, 15TH JUNE 1916. ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICIALS IN PROUD REMEBRANCE

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,occupation,additional
Order of names: forename,regiment,occupation,manner of death,place of death,year died,additional

Sponsor Type: corporate
Sponsored By: Officials of the Borough Finance Department, the former colleagues of E W Snowdon.

Unveiled

March/ April 1921

Mr R F Prideaux

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Unknown

'Shrewsbury Guildhall: Memorial Tablet', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 8 April 1921, p. 4.
'Shrewsbury and District: War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 9 April 1921, p. 7.