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Latitude: 52.7947 / 52°47'41"N
Longitude: -2.8926 / 2°53'33"W
OS Eastings: 339907
OS Northings: 322281
OS Grid: SJ399222
Mapcode National: GBR 79.WZW1
Mapcode Global: WH8BC.J0ST
Plus Code: 9C4VQ4V4+VX
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 15 December 2005
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1391450
English Heritage Legacy ID: 494708
ID on this website: 101391450
Location: Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, SY4
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Ruyton-XI-Towns
Built-Up Area: Ruyton-XI-Towns
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Ruyton-in-the-XI Towns St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
Tagged with: War memorial
RUYTON XI TOWNS
1574/0/10011 BROWNHILL STREET
15-DEC-05 War Memorial
II
War Memorial. 1920. Stanley Griffiths. Sandstone. Constructed in the form of a cave within a red sandstone cliff. At the back of the cave is a carved stone cross. To either side is a stone bench. Above the bench on the left is a rectangular stone plaque, with the county and borough coat of arms, commemorating those killed in The Great War. The inscription reads `1914-19 The Great War in memory of' and then lists 17 names. Beneath the list the inscription reads `We will remember them/This present life is not the end/Also in honour of the 130 other men who served from Ruyton-XI-Towns'. Beneath this plaque is a smaller stone plaque commemorating 5 men who were killed in WWII. Above the cave entrance is carved the date `1914 - 1919'. Further down on the left hand side in a slight recessed rectangle is the date `1939' and to the right is `1945' in the same format.
HISTORY
The monument was unveiled in October 1920 by General Kenyon, with buglers of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry surrounding the Last Post.
SOURCES
Boorman, Derek (1988) `At the Going Down of the Sun'. York.
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 19 January 2017.
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