Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Biddulph
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 4th June 1921
Attended by: Right Reverend Bishop Taylor Smith (Chaplain General of the Forces) - Dedicated
Date: 4th June 1921
Attended by: Right Reverend Bishop Taylor Smith (Chaplain General of the Forces) - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68222
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Current location
St. Lawrence's Churchyard
Congleton Road
Biddulph
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
ST8 7RG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 89013 59083
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic cross with a tapering shaft set on a tapering plinth, two stone steps, and a stone base enclosing a grass surround. The names are written in lead lettering on the faces of the plinth.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD ANDIN GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE BIDDULPH MEN/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 1914 - NOVEMBER 1918./ "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."/ (Names)/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE."/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bailey, Harry
Bailey, John
Barlow, James
Barlow, Jonathan
Barnett, James H.
Barnett, William
Biddulph, William
Booth, James A.
Booth, John T.
Bowers, John T.
See details for all 73 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 73
Served and returned: 0
Died: 73
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Granite - Cornish
- Cross
- Listing information
- War Memorial in St Lawrence's Churchyard, Biddulph
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Biddulph (St Lawrence's Church)
- WMO ID: 253682
- Condition: Good [last updated on 13-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Historic England - War Memorial in St Lawrence's Churchyard, Biddulph historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1450156
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