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    Memorial

    Shedfield Church WW1

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    Source: Copyright Mark Newton

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    Current Location

    St John the Baptist parish church., Church Road, Shedfield, Southampton, East Hampshire, Hampshire, SO32 2HY, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 56176 13300

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Triptych
    WMR Reference Number
    94508
    Description
    A wooden triptych of two panels each headed "Roll of Honour" with two inscriptions below the names. Lettering is in gold. 8/10/2025: The back board of the cabinet has Doric columns creating two arches where the names are recorded. The triangular pediment has an inner arched frame with a gold-coloured Latin cross in the centre and a tapered base with staggered moulding. In the spandrel between the arches is intertwined in gold-coloured letters the monogram IHS. There are two small oval brass plaques on each side of the lower shelf. The one on the left side details the wood used to build the triptych and the one on the right side has the details of the memorial donor.
    Inscription
    Left panel: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names) Right panel: ROLL OF HONOUR/ (Names) Below panels: "THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, IN THAT/ DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS."/ IN PROUD REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN OF SHEDFIELD/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING & COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR. 1914-1918.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Died
    43
    Information shown
    Surname, rank, forename initials, regiment.
    Maker(s)
    • Messrs Hughes, Bolckow and Co, Ltd., Makers

    Sponsor Type
    private
    Sponsored By
    Gifted by Mrs Merewether of Morhill, 1918. Widow of Captain Harry Alworth Fellowes Merewether (who died in 1911).

    Components

    Triptych

    Height: 1300mm

    Width: 780mm

    Depth: 180mm


    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Good


    www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/264519 has photo; names are clear when you zoom in. Accessed 25 August 2021.
  • https://hampshirewarmemorials has photo and transcript of names, with links to each casualties service and death details. Accessed 25 August 2021.
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commision Website https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/467992/edward-jeffery/
  • Hampshire Record Office, Faculty 329F/10