Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- East Staffordshire
- Town
- Rocester
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13410
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Current location
ST MICHAELS CHURCH
Rocester
East Staffordshire
Staffordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 112 394
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wodden tile-roofed lychgate with stone tablets at front entrance and under cover. Roof has decorative ridge tiling and is surmounted by a stone Cross .
- Inscription
- TABLET ON FRONT BEAM: I.H.S./ TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ THIS GATE WAS ERECTED/ IN PROUD AND/ LOVING MEMORY/ OF THOSE WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES FOR US/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1918 BEAM: I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE PLAQUES WITHIN PORCH: (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ault, John E
Ball, William J
Basnert, George E
Bennett, Thomas A
Bentley, Thomas
Botham, John H
Brindley, George W
Clark, Albert
Cope, Colin
Gilbert, Richard A
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,forename
Order of information: year died,forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 5
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Gate
- 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
- ROCESTER LYCHGATE
- WMO ID: 110384
- Condition: Good [last updated on 01-05-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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