War Memorial, Alberbury, Shropshire

This war memorial was built in 1919. It was added to in 1945. It is inscribed: "THE PEOPLE OF ALBERBURY, BAUSLEY, CARDESTON/AND WATTLESBOROUGH ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL IN 1919/ IN HONOUR OF THE GLORIOUS DEAD HEREON INSCRIBED/AND IN ORDER THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS MIGHT PRAISE/THEIR GREAT GALLANTRY AND THE SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO, SO WILLING, GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-19 AND IN THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945".

Location

Shropshire Alberbury

Period

World War One (1914 - 1919)

Tags

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