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Little Dawley
Town or City: Little Dawley
County: Shropshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM2553
Value of grant: £250.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: New war memorial (no longer funded)
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 1999
UKNIWM reference number: 38094
Little Dawley memorial near Telford is a wooden cross standing behind a memorial stone upon which the names of fallen are recorded. A communal space was chosen with benches surrounding the memorial when it was erected in 1999.
War Memorials Trust supported the project and contributed £250.
Sadly, on the morning of the dedication service vandals damaged the memorial. However, the local community rallied together, repairs were made and the service took place.
The dedicatory plaques read:
"We will
remember
them"
"To the glory of God and in memory of the
men of Dawley Parva who fell in the Great
War 1914-1918
W. Bloomfield F. Adlington A. Price W. Wylde
J. Skitt A. Gregory E. Micklewright E. Davies
R. E. B-H-Soame G. G. Parmiter W. H. Jones C. Sherwood
G. Gough H. Mawdesley W. Jones W. Williams
H. G. Greenhalgh F. Perry A. T. Suthon C. Sankey
H. Corfield R. Webb T. Skelton E. Dabbs
W. Baugh W. Humphreys H. Pugh J. Yapp
A. Rogers W. Jackson R. H. Locklin W. Langford
L. Cullis H. Mason J. Thornborrow A. R Candlin
F. Morgan"
"In memory of
the men of Damley Parva
who gave their lives in the War 1939-1945
Thomas Wood Jack Bufton
Howard Maiden Cyril Bush
Ralph Evans Harold Davies
Leonard Espley Wilfred Haughton
James Broklehurst George Davies"
"In memory of the servicemen of Dawley Hamlets
who laid down their lives
Neil Bewley
45 Commando
Royal Marines
12th August 1977"
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM2553
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 38094
Formerly OWM62
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
