Wem War Memorial
The Rev. the Hon. A. Parker officiated at the dedication, while the monument was unveiled by Brig-Gen H.C. Cholmondeley supported by Lieut.-Col. N. ff. Eckersley (Chairman of Wem Memorial Committee) and
Capt. F.S. Butter, O B E (Chairman of Urban District Council).
There are two points to note about the image:
The compilation of names for war memorials was haphazard - it was left to friends and families of the deceased to put names forward.
This is the reason that some names appear on more than one monument, Samuel Alvery Cotton appears on both Edstaston and Wem memorials.
There are differing degrees of connection of servicemen to memorial sites, Allen Jones’ parents were from Clun and Llandyssil; the family living in Ruyton and Ellesmere
until his parents (his father being a retired police superintendent) became residents of Wem. John Manuel, the son of a journeyman blacksmith, appears on the
Shrewsbury Roll of Honour but not the Wem War Memorial, even though he was born in Wem and lived in Leek Street when he was a child.
Note: Capt. F.S. Butter, OBE (Chairman of Urban District Council) was born in Wem (1886) and lived at 54, High St., Wem. His father was a tailor and draper.
By 1911, Francis Samuel was a law student. He enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps reaching the rank of Temporary Major and saw action in Egypt, including Sollum,
at the engagement at Agagir on 26th February 1916. After the war, he qualified as a solicitor and married Gertrude Kynaston. |
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