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Cheswardine World War II
Town or City: Cheswardine
County: Shropshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM3215
Value of grant: £100.00
Type of memorial: Non-Freestanding
Type of work: Conservation and repair
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2003
UKNIWM reference number: 50928
St Swithuns' Church in Cheswardine has a war memorial plaque commemorating those who fell in World War II. It is 21in wide and 21in high.
In 2003 War Memorials Trust supported a conservation project on the plaque, alongside those for the South African War and World War I also within the Church (War Memorials Trust reference WM1063 and WM3214), with a total grant of £300. The plaques were repaired and conserved in line with their indiviudal needs. The plaque commemorating those who fell in World War II had remaining wax removed, green deposits that had acumulated were removed, areas of corrosion were repatinated to match the rest of the plaque and the entire memorial was rewaxed and buffed by hand.
The inscription on the memorial reads
In grateful memory of
the Men of
Cheswardine Parish
who gave their lives in the
Second World War
1939 - 1945
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM3215
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 50928
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org