Fusilier J. R. Roberts, Oakengates, Shropshire

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  1. BereniceUK

    BereniceUK Well-Known Member

    This chair is in Oakengates United Church, home to the town's United Reformed Church and Methodist Churches. The chair would have come from either the Methodist or Congregational church in Oakengates, and this is the only war death-related memorial in the building that I could find.

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    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    ROBERTS, JOHN ROWLAND
    Rank:
    Fusilier
    Service No:
    7044954
    Date of Death:
    09/08/1943
    Age:
    30
    Regiment/Service:
    Royal Irish Fusiliers
    1st Bn.
    Grave Reference:
    III. K. 3.
    Cemetery:
    CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
    Additional Information:
    Son of John Rowland Roberts and Violet Roberts, of Oakengates, Shropshire; husband of Gladys Evelyn Roberts, of Oakengates.

    The Fallen in the 1939 - 1945 war.

    JOHN CLAY ARCHER AB RN
    GEOFFREY JAMES BARNETT Pte WELCH R
    JAMES BATES Pte DORSETS
    JAMES DENNIS BATES Sgt RAF
    JAMES HENRY BATES Pte KSLI
    GEOFFREY ROBERT BUTCHER PO RAF
    SAMPSON RICHARD DORRICOTT Pte KRRC
    KENNETH ARTHUR HOWE Dvr RASC


    WILLIAM EDWARD JONES Dvr RASC
    RONALD GEORGE NEW S Sgt Glider Pilot Reg
    GEORGE OWEN AC1 RAF
    ALFRED NORMAN PIDGEON Pte Foresters
    JOHN ROWLAND ROBERTS Fus R Ir F
    MARGARET GWENDOLINE TODD ACW2 WAAF
    GEORGE HAROLD WIGGIN F Sgt RAF

    http://www.warmemorialphotos.co.uk/oakengates-telford-shropshire/oakengates
     
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  3. BereniceUK

    BereniceUK Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware that the original WW1 plaques had been stolen, as I'd visited Oakengates in, I think, July 2013, and they were still in place then.
     

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