Memorial

Bicton Heath

Bicton Heath War Memorial tablet

Source: Copyright Neil White

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Current Location

Oxon Church, Welshpool Road, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury And Atcham, Shropshire, SY3 5AJ, England

SJ 45919 13226

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 14030
Description: A white marble tablet with a black marble border. The names of the fallen are inscribed on the tablet.
Inscription: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE UNDERNAMED/ OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN/ BELONGING TO SHELTON AND OXON, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR KING AND EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919/ (NAMES)/ Greater love hath no man than this/ that a man lay down his life for his friends./ ST JOHN XXII

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

'Bicton Heath: Memorial Service', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 17 April 1920, p. 11.