Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Holmes Chapel
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1954
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 1989
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
St Lukes Church
London Road
Holmes Chapel
Congleton
Cheshire
CW4 7AG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 76222 67272
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular, free standing, stone of remembrance with supporting posts each side, and a small wall with posts at each end behind. The Royal British Legion badge is at the top of the stone with the names below in two columns in black lettering.
- Inscription
- WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/1914-1918/FOR YOUR TOMORROW/WE GAVE OUR TODAY/AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/AND IN THE MORNING/WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/1939-1945
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Billington, James
Bishop, Stanley T
Blease, Harry
Bolshaw, Samuel
Broom, Geoffrey
Carver, Basil A
Carver, Oswald A
Connolly, John W
Connolly, Thomas
Cumberlidge, Leonard
See details for all 29 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 0.17m, height 1.5m, width 1.14m
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Tablet
- 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
- St Luke's Church, Holmes Chapel
- WMO ID: 183645
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- MEMORIAL EXTENSIVELY RESTORED AND REMOUNTED IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION IN 1988. LETTERING RE-CUT AT THE SAME TIME.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- HOLMES CHAPEL ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
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