Memorial details

Memorial type
Cross
District
Warrington
Town
Stockton Heath
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 5 March 1921
    Attended by: Bishop of Chester
  • Unveiled
    Date: 5 March 1921
    Attended by: Bishop of Chester
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
42899

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Current location

St Thomas' Church
Ellesmere Road/London Road junction.
Stockton Heath
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 6DS
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 61347 86365
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An area of the churchyard sealed off by a brick screen wall facing the road junction in which there is a Cross of Sacrifice set on square plinth with a two stepped octagonal base. The inscriptions are on slate tablets, which, may have been installed on top of eroded incised inscriptions on the stones of the plinth. The Great War dedication is on the 12 o'clock face of the plinth with the Names on the 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock faces. The WW2 memorial tablet is set within a sandstone frame on the elevated central section of the screen wall. The elevation of the section seems to have been made to accommodate the tablet.
Inscription
Cross, Tablets: TO THE HONOUR/ OF THE MEN OF/ STOCKTON HEATH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE/ OF THIS COUNTRY/ DURING THE WAR/ 1914-1919/ (Names) Wall, Tablet: TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ WE SHALL REMEMBER THEIR VALOUR AND SACRIFICE /AND CONTINUE TO GIVE THANKS
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Allen, E
Allender, Alfred
Allender, Barbara
Arch, J
Arnold, F
Arnold, Walter J
Arthur, W
Baird, A G
Ballard, G E J
Barlas, W
See details for all 133 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 76
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 76
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 57
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 57
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,forename
    Order of information: surname
Components
  • Wall
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Memorial: £600

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Carter Postcard Collection

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