Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- North Shropshire
- Town
- Hinstock
- County
- Shropshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 2 November 1919
Attended by: REV F P LITT-SMITH
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13875
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Current location
By Hinstock Memorial Hall and school
at the junction of Chester Road and Wood Lane
Chester Road
Hinstock
North Shropshire
Shropshire
TF9 2TE
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 69296 26763
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- FOLIATED CROSS WITH WHEEL, SURMOUNTING DECORATIVE GLOBE. GLOBE SET ON ELABORATE CARVED PILLAR. PILLAR SURMOUNTS OCTAGONAL PLINTH WHICH BEARS INSCRIPTION. WHOLE SET ON OCTAGONAL THREE-TIERED BASE.
- Inscription
- AROUND SHAFT: LEST/ WE/ FORGET 6 OCLOCK FACE: 1914-1919/ (NAMES) AROUND SHAFT: "THEY/ DIED THAT WE MIGHT/ LIVE" 3 O'CLOCK: 1939-1945/ (NAME)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bennett, Samuel G
Brown, Stephen
Cartwright, Leonard
Fox, George
Howell, Walter H
Rogers, Arthur
Sambrook, Cecil G
Sambrook, George
Turner, David Allan
Turner, Richard
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height c.4000 mm
Materials: Stone - Runcorn
- Cross
- 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
- HINSTOCK MEMORIAL CROSS
- WMO ID: 192926
- Condition: Good [last updated on 03-08-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- HINSTOCK PARISH COUNCIL
- Reference
- Newport and Market Drayton Advertiser, Friday 1 August 1975.
- Anonymous, 'Hinstock War Memorial', Shrewsbuty Chronicle, 3 October 1919, p. 8, cl. 7.
- Anonymous, 'Hinstock Dedication of War Memorial', Wellington Journal & Shrewsbury News, 8 November 1919, p. 9, cl. 6.
- Anonymous, 'Hinstock War Memorial', Shrewsbuty Chronicle, 25 April 1919, p. 8, cl. 6.
- Anonymous, 'Hinstock War Memorial Committee', Shrewsbuty Chronicle, 28 March 1919, p. 6, cl. 6.
- Anonymous, 'Times Past: Do you Remember?', Newport and Drayton Advertiser, 9 November 1919.
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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