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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Alsager
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42730
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Current location
WESLEY PLACE METHODIST CHURCH
Lawton Rd
Alsager
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 799 555
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH WOODEN MOUNT. BLACK AND RED INCISED LETTERING. ETCHED BORDER OF LEAVES.
- Inscription
- ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS/ CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL WHO SERVED IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ THE FOLLOWING LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ (NAMES)/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Challinor, Frederick Charles
Davies, John Wesley
Greenwood, Frank
Jackson, Walter Amos
Savory, Charles Henry Reginald
See details for all 5 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 560 MM, width 760 MM
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
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