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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Macclesfield
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 December 1919
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13004
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Current location
St John the Evangelist Church
Wilwick Lane
off Earlsway
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 8RS
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89791 73413
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- St John the Evangelist Church
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 910 730
Denomination: Undefined
- St John the Evangelist Church
- Description
- Wall mounted, Great War portrait oriented, incised marble tablet incorporating a pediment, pilasters and a moulded lower cornice. Wreath in relief within pediment. Immediately below the tablet is an associated wall and hook mounted, WW2 landscape oriented, incised marble tablet. Text on both tablets infilled with black paint.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet: PRO PATRIA / THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919 / TO THE GLORY OF GOD and IN MEMORY OF / (16 NAMES) / WHO WORSHIPPED IN THIS CHURCH / "Death is swallowed up in Victory." 1 COR XV / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGREGATION. // Lower tablet: IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 / (5 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bolger, John William
Challiner, H Brinsley
Dobson, Frank
Durham, David
Eccleston, Edwin
Harrison, Albert William
Harrop, John Edward
Holt, Arthur
Jones, George V
Makin, Frank
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, initials, surname
Order of information: Forenames, initials, surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, initials, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 1300mm, width 700mm
Materials: Marble
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: The Congregation - Responsibility
- Church Authorities
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