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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Gawsworth
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18177
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Current location
ST JAMES CHURCH
Church Lane
Gawsworth
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 9RJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89016 69695
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- ARMS OF DIOCESE OF CHESTER
- Inscription
- WE PRAISE THEE, BLESS THEE, WORSHIP THEE/ WE GIVE THANKS TO THEE/ FOR THOSE WHO/ FROM THE PARISH/ OF GAWSWORTH/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ HOME AND COUNTRY/ DEO GRATIAS/ (NAMES)/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919/ MAY THEY HAVE THEIR PERFECT CONSUMMATION AND BLISS/ BOTH IN BODY AND SOUL, IN GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY. AMEN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Samuel
Bennett, George
Blench, Raymond George
Buxtar, George
Goodier, Harry
Gordier, Harry
Havgreaves, John
Hudson, William
Johnson, James
Knight, John W
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,year died,forename
Order of information: year died
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 400MM, width 450MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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