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Current location
St Peter's Church
The Cross
Chester
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2HG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 40517 66298
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A four light window, each light containing a named saint. The saints are Joshua (Courage), St Paul (Endurance), St Stephen (Sacrifice), and David (Victory).
- Inscription
- Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD THIS WINDOW COMMEMORATES THESE MEN/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919/ (Names) In the glass: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bonner, Walter
Box, Charles
Butler, Albert Edward
Chadwick, Enock
Chadwick, James
Cross, William
D'arcy, Joseph
Davies, George Richard
Davies, Hugh Frederic
Dobie, William Murray
See details for all 56 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 56
Served and returned: 0
Died: 56
Exact count: no
Information shown: Surname, forename, rank.
Order of information: Rank, surname.
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- 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 Peter's Parishioners Window WW1
- WMO ID: 140270
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 06-07-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Cheshire Observer - Saturday 15 November 1919 ST. PETER'S WAR MEMORIAL Meeting to decide on war memorial. Mural tablet with the names of the fallen (about sixty) and a stained glass window on the South side of the church.
- Cheshire Observer - Saturday 14 August 1920 A drawing of the design to be shown to the committee. Revised estimate of from £200 to £220
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