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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Prestbury
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1929
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10013
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Current location
The King's School in Macclesfield
Alderley Road
Prestbury
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 4SP
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89142 75705
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- In the School Hall
King's School
Cumberland Street
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 1DA
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 91413 74135
Denomination: Undefined
- In the School Hall
- Description
- Wall mounted bronze framed Plaque decorated with a laurel leaf border and surmounted by a moulded crest supported by two figures. For Macclesfield Grammar School - additional WW1 and WW2 see WMR 86839.
- Inscription
- (Names)/ AD GLORIAM DEI ET IN MEMORIAM/ ALVMNORVM HVIVS SCHOLAE/ QVI IN BELLO A.D. MCMXVIII/ PRO PATRIA MORTEM OBIERVNT
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, H
Backhouse, Harry
Baddeley, E
Bailey, C
Barber, G
Barlow, W L
Bate, F O
Biddulph, W
Blackwell, G R F
Bradbury, Joseph
See details for all 70 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 70
Served and returned: 0
Died: 70
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, forenames, decorations
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 1.63M, width 1.30M
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Macclesfield Grammar School - WW1
- WMO ID: 113372
- Condition: Good [last updated on 17-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- In 2002 War Memorials Trust gave a grant of £250 towards conservation of the plaque. Previous attempts at restoration needed to be repaired. The memorial was cleaned with distilled water and afterwards a micro-crystalline wax applied to the surface to leave a dark brown patina with the red-gold letters visible. This created an even appearance and covered earlier damage.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Responsibility
- King's School, Macclesfield
- Reference
- www.carlscam.com/macclesfield/kingsmem.htm
- Stand To! Magazine No. 68 - January 2004 - pgs 61-62 - Pub. Western Front Association
- War Memorials Trust WM879 www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=250
- www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/113372 - Accessed 4 June 2022
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