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Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Stockport
Town
Bredbury
County
Greater Manchester
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 18 June 1921
    Attended by:
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
2795

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Current location

On the green between George Lane and Berrycroft Lane
George Lane
Bredbury
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK6 1DT
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 93316 91028
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A floriate cross mounted on a tapering octagonal shaft and pedestal.
Inscription
THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BREDBURY/ AND ROMILEY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE/ THE LOWER TABLETS RECORD/ THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF/ BREDBURY AND ROMILEY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR,/ 1939-1945.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adshead, Harry
Adshead, Jack
Ainley, James
Airey, Percy James E
Allen, William James
Amison, James
Anderton, Tom
Asbury, George
Ashton, Tom
Ashworth, Douglas
See details for all 203 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 142
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 142
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment.
    Order of information: Surname.
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 64
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 64
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Surname, forename, regiment.
    Order of information: Surname.
Components
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Fence/ Railing
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
  • Bredbury and Romiley 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
  • Historic England
Condition
History
In 2017 a War Memorials Trust grant of £13,630 was awarded through War Memorials Trust Grants Scheme towards gentle cleaning to improve the legibility of the inscription, realignment of the dislodged lower step, lime mortar pointing, repairs and pointing to steps and low retaining wall and relaying of the crazy paved area around the memorial and repointing it all. The metal posts around the memorial were also protected with SmartWater as one of the conditions of the grant; November 1999-The memorial was vandalised: it had graffiti daubed on the walls, slabs of stone removed from the steps and plants pulled up from the Garden of Remembrance.
Costs

Comments: £1,400 was raised but £500 was spent on the monument and the remainder went to assist the dependents of the fallen and to help disabled ex-servicemen returning from war.

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • War Memorials Trust Bulletin 79-November 2018- has a 1920's image showing that it was originally surrounded by a picket fence, part of which was on a low stone wall, and another image on page 3, after restoration, so later than the image attached to this report.

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