Memorial
Barrow and Willey WW1
Cross
1/1
Current Location
Probably accessible from the north (B 4376 road) as there is a letter box on Streetview., WILLEY PARK, 1-2 Deancorner, Barrow, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, TF12 5JH, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 66870 00131
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 14031
- Description
- A wheel cross on a pedestal and three-stepped base. There is a carved crossed rifle and sword design on the front face, intertwined with a carved laurel wreath.
- Inscription
- (taken from War Memorials Online) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY / GEORGE 6TH BARON FORESTER / THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THOSE OF / THE PARISHES OF WILLEY & BARROW / WHO DIED FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 / 1918’. ALSO OF / (names of the fallen) / WHEN SHALL THEIR GLORY FADE / 1939 / 1945’.
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
Components
- Cross
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
Report a Concern
- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 253704
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- 'Barrow War Memorial', Shrewsbury Chronicle, 19 November 1920, p. 5.