Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Congleton
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 11th November 1923
Attended by: Brigadier General W. Bromley Davenport - Rededicated
Date: 19 September 2021
Attended by: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42777
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Current location
In small Memorial Gardens
Lawton St
Congleton
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 1RU
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 86080 62862
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Ornate Celtic-Style Cross on tapering shaft. Wide tapering plinth bears inscription. Three-stepped base. Originally a curved wall behind Cross bore six metal plaques with embossed names and inscription. Celtic-style carving on head and shaft of Cross. The wall behind the cross has been replaced by 14 sandstone tablets stood on a low wall, seven to each side of the cross.
- Inscription
- (ON CROSS): OUR/ GLORIOUS/ DEAD (ON WALL BEHIND CROSS): IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ (NAMES) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE ROYAL NETHERLANDS BRIGADE/ PRINCESS IRENE, FORMED IN CONGLETON/ IN 1940, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrahams, H
Alcroft, F
Anderson, J
Archer, W
Bailey, F
Barber, E
Barrett, A E
Benson, C
Brittain, W
Broddle, D
See details for all 162 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 486
Served and returned: 243
Died: 243
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,forename,decorations
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 214
Served and returned: 107
Died: 107
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1520 MM, height 2440 MM, width 1520 MM
Materials: Granite - Wall
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- 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
- Congleton Memorial
- WMO ID: 183575
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-04-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2020: Original curved wall behind cross replaced by 14 sandstone tablets.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Crewe Chronicle - Saturday 17 November 1923 MAYOR'S SUNDAY AND UNVEILING CEREMONY.
- Official Dedication Service & Opening nnew Congleton Cenotaph www.congleton-tc.gov.uk/discover-congleton/congleton-cenotaph/
- www.congletonpartnership.co.uk/project/cenotaph-project/ - accessed 4 October 2021
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