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Memorial details

Memorial type
Lamp or lighting
District
Vale Royal
Town
Frodsham
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
10030

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Current location

On grass plot in front of church
Trinity Methodist Church
High Street
Frodsham
Vale Royal
Cheshire
WA6 7HE
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 52080 78124
Denomination: Methodist

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Description
Cast Iron Lamp standard on four sided stone plinth on two-stepped base. Incised lettering.
Inscription
South side: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"/THESE/IN THE HIGH CAUSE/THEY REPRESENTED/LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/(NAMES)/"THEY CLIMBED THE STEEP ASCENT TO HEAVEN, THROUGH PERIL, TOIL AND PAIN." West side: THOSE WHO LIVED/AND THOSE WHO DIED/ALL/WERE ONE IN NOBLE PRIDE/OF DESPERATE ENDEAVOUR/AND OF DUTY NOBLY DONE. East side: MANY/ WERE SPARED TO RETURN/AND THEIR NAMES/ARE RECORDED ON OUR/ROLL OF HONOUR./ "FOR THEIR HIGH COURAGE/AND SACRIFICE/FOR THEIR ENDURANCE/UNDER DEADLY STRESS."/WE THANK THEE, LORD. North Side: ERECTED/IN/GRATEFUL TRIBUTE/TO/THOSE ASSOCIATED/WITH/THIS PLACE OF WORSHIP/ THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918/"THEY SPRANG TO DUTY'S CALL, THEY STOOD THE TEST."
Inscription legible?
no
Names on memorial
Connolly, Phillip
Ellams, Leonard
Helsby, Frank
Jeffs, William
Jones, Alro
Jones, Oswald
Larden, Thomas
Lloyd, Wilfred
Miller, Ralph
Nicholls, George
See details for all 15 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 15
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 15
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Forename, surname
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Unknown
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
  • Plinth
    Measurements: depth 400 mm, width 40 mm
    Materials: Stone - Sandstone
  • Column
    Measurements: height 250 mm
    Materials: Cast Iron
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church trustees

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