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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Marston
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 13th November 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Chester - Unveiled
Date: 13th November 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2152
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Current location
Former churchyard just north of the canal.
Parish Churchyard (Church gone)
Ollershaw Lane
Marston
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CW9 6ER
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 67297 75858
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross on plinth
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / IN MEMORY OF / (NAMES) / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Austin, G
Bannister, A H
Barton, T
Bramhall, T
Cooke, T
Cowley, G
Hesketh, W
Hinks, T
Jacks, H
Johnson, J
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 0
Died: 27
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, Regiment
Order of information: Rank, Regiment - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3800mm, width 1800mm
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- 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
- Marston WW1 & WW2
- WMO ID: 139085
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 19-11-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Memorial very over grown and subsiding (1990) restored and rededicated (1998)
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Local libraries etc and microfilms. Record Office
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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