Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Disley
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: c. 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10011
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Current location
Ram Green
Junction Buxton Old Road and Buxton Road West
Disley
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK12 2AE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 97454 84638
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Moline cross mounted with a Cross of Sacrifice on a octagonal shaft set on a square plinth. The whole surrounded by low curb stones containing flower beds.
- Inscription
- TO THE EVERLASTING HONOUR/OF THE MEN OF DISLEY PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/ THE GREAT WAR /1914-1919/ THIS CROSS IS PLACED HERE IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE. (Names) ALSO OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR/ 1939 † 1945/ (Names) Plaque 1: (Names) Plaque 2: (Names) Plaque 3: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Ardern, Ellis
Ardern, Robert
Arnold, E Walter
Arnold, Reginald C
Band, Harry
Bell, Oliver
Bennett, Joseph
Bennett, Robert
Bold, Harry N
Bowden, Herbert
See details for all 97 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 19
Served and returned: 0
Died: 19
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 97
Served and returned: 0
Died: 97
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Cross
Measurements: height 5000 mm
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- Listing information
- WAR MEMORIAL
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Disley Cross,
- WMO ID: 113374
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 03-11-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Historic England historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1389669?section=official-list-entry
- War Memorials Trust reference WM3558 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=781
- The War Memorial, Ram Green disleyparishcouncil.org.uk/?attachment_id=1461
- Carl's Cam - www.carlscam.com/disley/warmem.htm
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