Memorial
Annscroft - WW1
Tablet
1/1
Current Location
Christ Church, Annscroft, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY5 8AY, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 45497 07947
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 14029
- Description
- A triangular-headed white marble tablet mounted on a marble backboard. It has a crossed sword and rifle design with a laurel wreath intertwined carved in relief at the top of the tablet. The inscription and the names are in black lettering.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY, IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ ST JOHN 16.13
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 18
- Died
- 18
- Information shown
- Rank, initial, surname, regiment, date of death
- Order of names
- Date of death
Components
- Tablet
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- 'Annscroft Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 14 August 1920, p. 8.