A plaque to acknowledge Shrewsbury residents who lost their lives in the Second World War could be erected in the town.

Clive Blakeway, chairman of the Shropshire War Memorial Association, started a campaign after discovering the town had no memorial to those who died in World War Two.

The county memorial in The Quarry and a memorial at St Mary’s Church are only for people who lost their lives in World War One.

Now the St George’s Society has made a request to the town council that it erects a plaque on the memorial within the closed churchyard at St Mary’s recognising lives lost in World War Two.

The report to Shrewsbury Town Council’s recreation and leisure committee, says: “There are currently four main memorials within the town centre.

“The Angel in The Quarry, the soldier adjacent to St Chad’s Church, the memorial to the Great War in the closed churchyard of St Mary’s and the memorial at the head of Pride Hill.

“The town council does not have the powers to erect new war memorials but it does have power to maintain, repair and protect any war memorial whether vested in it or not and may adapt it to serve for any war subsequent to that for which it was erected.

“Members are asked to consider a request from the St George’s Society to erect a plaque acknowledging those who lost their lives in the Second World War on the town memorial in St Mary’s Closed churchyard.

“It is understood that Rev Thomas is fully supportive of the request; any changes to anything within the closed churchyard will at best need the approval of the arch deacon and at worst a faculty.”

Mr Blakeway said: “Shrewsbury hosts the county memorial in The Quarry, but there should be one specifically to honour all the town’s fallen, or indeed to honour the many women who lost their lives in the war.

“We need somewhere to pay tribute to those who were lost.

“I have looked back through papers from the 1940s and there was some talk about getting names to go on a memorial, but it must have fallen by the wayside.”

By Andrew Morris