Memorial

Abdon Parish - WW1

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Current Location

St Margaret's Church, Ditton Priors Lane, Abdon, South Shropshire, Shropshire, SY7 9HZ, England

SO 57538 86609

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 63169
Description: Tablet with triangular top and raised relief carving of a cross within a wreath top centre. Incised lettering in black on white marble. Mounted on grey marble backboard. Two corbel brackets supporting base.
Inscription: 1914 + 1919 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE SACRED MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS FROM / THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR. / (3 NAMES) / AND ALSO OF / (1 NAME) WHO DIED IN HOSPITAL, JAN. 30TH 1918.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 4
Died: 4
Information shown: Rank, forename initials, forename, surname, date of death, place of death
Order of names: Date of death

Unveiled

1920

UNKNOWN

Tablet

Height: 360mm

Width: 360mm

Depth: 250mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Height: 500mm

Width: 690mm

Depth: 350mm

Made from: Marble - Grey

Condition: Good