Memorial

Lieutenant J E Pugh

Overview of memorial

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Current Location

IN A FIELD NEAR TO KINGSLAND BRIDGE, SHREWSBURY SCHOOL, 2A Ashton Road, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY3 7AL, England

SJ 48591 12078

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Type of Memorial: Other structure
WMR Reference Number: 14014
Description: A brick boat house, with a dedicatory tablet on the front wall, bearing the inscription and the RAF crest in the top left corner. A framed and glazed photograph of the memorial with Pugh's family is located at the Railway Inn, Fairford, Gloucestershire.
Inscription: (ON TABLET) THIS BOAT HOUSE WAS/ BUILT IN MEMORY OF/ JOHN EDWIN PUGH/ LIEUTENANT ROYAL AIR FORCE/ OF H.M.S. PRINCESS ROYAL/ AND 210TH SQUADRON/ DIED OF WOUNDS NOVEMBER 12 1918/ AGED 19

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death

Opened

11 November 1921

Sir Frederick Sykes

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

'Shrewsbury: A Memorial Gift', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 15 October 1920, p. 4.
'Shrewsbury: The Shrewsbury School Boathouse', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 19 November 1920, p. 4.
'Shrewsbury School: New Boathouse', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 12 November 1921, p. 5.