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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Window
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Macclesfield
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- WALTER J PEARCE (Artist)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19 September 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 57594
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Current location
Silk Museum
Park Lane
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6TJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 91776 73270
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Christ Church
Bridge Street
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK11 6EG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 91403 73528
Denomination: Undefined - Trinity Church
Cumberland Street
Macclesfield
Macclesfield
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 910 730
Denomination: Methodist - Show More (1)
- Christ Church
- Description
- Stained glass window depicting the glorified Saviour standing outside the portal of one of the gates of the New Jerusalem. This window was lost when the church closed. Dedicatory plaque beneath the window, made of ceramic tiles in a wooden frame.
- Inscription
- At the foot of the window: Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee the crown of life. Plaque below window: THEY WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED BELOW WERE AMONGST THOSE WHO, AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURING HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ (NAMES) (Exact line spacing unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bingham, Harold
Bracegirdle, James W
Bradley, Wilfred
Broadhead, Thomas
Clowes, James
Dean, Frederick
Elkin, Sydney
Fearn?, Sydney R
Fiske, Walter
Goddard, Harold
See details for all 26 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Ceramic - Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Window
- 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 - Reference
- Macclesfield Times 24 September 1920, page 5
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