Wilfred Owen bench, Oswestry, Shropshire, England
N 52° 51.446 W 003° 03.442
30U E 496137 N 5856412
From the website cited below;-
"In Oswestry, Wilfred’s birthplace, there is a simple but striking stone bench. This is situated against a wall alongside St Oswalds Church where Tom and Susan Owen were married."
Waymark Code: WM10ZGT
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/17/2019
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A stone bench with a metal plaque mounted above it. The plaque is in three sections, the left & right parts being the text of two of his poems ("Anthem for Doomed Youth" & "Futility"), the centre section provides dates etc.
Centre plaque text:-
"BORN PLAS WILMOT, OSWESTRY
MARCH 18, 1893
AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS
OCTOBER 1918
KILLED IN ACTION ORS, FRANCE
NOVEMBER 4, 1918"
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