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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Gawsworth
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Chester
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18179
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Current location
JUNCTION OF CHURCH LA AND WOODHOUSE LA
Church Lane
Gawsworth
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 9QQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 88830 70442
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- CALVARY
- Inscription
- (EAST) GAWSWORTH/ PEOPLE SET UP/ THIS CALVARY/ IN THE YEAR OF/ GOD'S INCARNATION/ 1920/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR LADS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WAR OF/ 1914 - 1919/ (WEST) THE SOULS/ OF THE RIGHTEOUS/ ARE IN THE HANDS OF/ GOD/ AND THERE SHALL/ NO TORMENT TOUCH THEM/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Samuel
Bennett, George
Buxton, George
Hargreaves, John
Hodson, William
Johnson, James
Nixon, John
Ridgway, Frederick
Swindells, Arthur
Trueman, Fred
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 6
Served and returned: 0
Died: 6
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plinth
Measurements: depth 750MM, height 750MM, width 750MM
Materials: Stone - Cross
Measurements: height 2750MM
Materials: Wood
- Plinth
- Listing information
- Gawsworth War Memorial
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Gawsworth Calvary
- WMO ID: 183578
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-10-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- COMPLETELY RENOVATED AND LANDSCAPED IN 1997
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- Gawsworth Parish Council
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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