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Latitude: 52.8552 / 52°51'18"N
Longitude: -2.7256 / 2°43'32"W
OS Eastings: 351238
OS Northings: 328882
OS Grid: SJ512288
Mapcode National: GBR 7J.S4G4
Mapcode Global: WH8B2.3HCG
Plus Code: 9C4VV74F+3Q
Entry Name: War Memorial
Listing Date: 8 November 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1389540
English Heritage Legacy ID: 488226
ID on this website: 101389540
Location: Wem, Shropshire, SY4
County: Shropshire
Civil Parish: Wem Urban
Built-Up Area: Wem
Traditional County: Shropshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Shropshire
Church of England Parish: Wem St Peter and St Paul
Church of England Diocese: Lichfield
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WEM RURAL
1581/0/10004 HIGH STREET
08-NOV-01 Wem
(South side)
War Memorial
GV II
First World War memorial. Circa early 1920s. Portland stone. In form a Medieval preaching cross. Octagonal on plan, with a 4-tier stepped base on which stands a crenellated pedestal with a smaller moulded pedestal on top and a slender tapered octagonal shaft supporting a Latin cross, carved with a shield, coronet and foliage. On the main pedestal and stepped base there are slate plaques inscribed with the names of those killed in the First and Second World Wars.
A good example of a First World War memorial situated on a prominent site in the churchyard of the parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, in the town centre.
Listing NGR: SJ5123828881
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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