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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Congleton
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42844
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Chapel St
Congleton
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 859 627
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- LARGE WALL-MOUNTED WOODEN MEMORIAL. NAMES PAINTED IN GILT. CENTRAL PANEL DISPLAYS CARVED WOODEN WREATH, WITH BATTLE FIELDS NAMED IN CENTRE. FOUR WOODEN COLUMNS STAND PROUD OF MEMORIAL.
- Inscription
- (LEFT PANEL): (NAMES) (CENTRAL PANEL): (WITHIN CARVED WREATH): MONS/ MARNE, SOMME/ DARDENELLES,/ JERUSALEM, GAZA,/ BAGHDAD, YPRES,/ JUTLAND,/ ZEEBRUGGE (CENTRE BELOW): DEO GLORIA,/ ST PETER'S PARISH,/ ERECTED TO THE MEMORY/ OF THE ABOVE MEN WHO/ LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ PRO PATRIA (RIGHT PANEL): (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, John
Ball, Walter
Bayley, George
Bayley, William Clare
Bickerton, George
Blease, Emmanuel
Booth, Frank
Bratby, Albert Edward
Bratby, James Frederick
Brough, Arthur
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 80
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 80
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 200 MM, height 1720 MM, width 1660 MM
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Board
- 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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