King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) Roll of Honour:-

Roll of Honour, Shropshire Towns:-

KSLI Battle Honours, St Chad’s, Shrewsbury:-

Great War and World War 2-

Other Conflicts-

There’s a whole room in St Chad’s, Shrewsbury, dedicated to the memory of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and the Herefordshire Regiment which were affiliated in 1881.

Doorway from interior. Inscribed, “To the glory of God and in memory of the men of the corps of the kIng’s Shropshire Light Infantry in which are incorporated the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and the Herefordshire Regiment who laid down their lives in the service of their country.” (Stitch of two photos.)

“Aucto Splendore Resurgo.” 4th Battalion King’s Shropshire Light Infantry memorial:-

“Manu Forte.” The Herefordshire Regiment formerly the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps now the Herefordshire Light Infantry.

Roll of Honour and Far East Memorial:-

Burma Star Memorial:-

Great War Roll of Honour:-

The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Memorial:-

Shropshire’s Sacrifice in the Great War:-

St Chad’s Great War dead:-

St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury appeared in the background of one of my photographs of Shropshire War Memorial (previous post.)

The church is an impressive building. (Picture from St Chad’s page on Wikipedia.)

By Steve Aze, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

The interior is no less so.

Altar:-

Ceiling:-

Its main interest to me though was the variety of War Memorials it contains – too many to list here. Photographs will be forthcoming.

Figure of St Michael Archangel inside a circular topped rotunda inscribed, “In memory of the men and women of Shropshire who fell in the two World Wars 1914–18 and 1939–45.”

The statue stands on a hexagonal plinth, which is surrounded by 6 hexagonal plaques laid into the floor of the monument.

In front of the statue, the first plaque is inscribed, “Remember the gallant men and women of Shropshire who gave their lives for God, King and country 1914–18 and 1939-45.” Five other plaques show the county arms of Shropshire, a Croix de Guerre, an empty cross in front of a rising sun, the badge of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry and the arms of the town of Shrewsbury.

St Chad’s Church in background:-

A brass plaque on the ground in front of the gates of the enclosure is inscribed, “This War Memorial was built in 1922-3 in honour of the men and women of Shropshire who fell in the Great War of 1914-18. The war dead of 1939-45 are also commemorated by this monument.”

St Chad’s is Rochdale’s Parish Church and stands on a slight prominence above the town centre from which it is screened by trees.

This photo is a stitch to get the whole length in:-

The Church tower:-

Detail on tower roofline:-

A set of stocks – the old mediæval punishment apparatus – lies in St Chad’s churchyard.

As does a Great War Memorial Cross. Here’s the side view:-

The base on which the pillar stands is inscribed “In proud and loving memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1919”:-