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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel or Church: Restoration or extension
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Prestbury
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 19th December 1922
Attended by: Bishop of Chester
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 18229
Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
High St
Prestbury
Macclesfield
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 901 769
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- 14TH CENTURY PORCH INSCRIBED WITH GILT LETTERING ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH WALLS. NAMES PERMANENTLY ILLUMINATED
- Inscription
- THIS PORCH/ IS DEDICATED TO THE LASTING/ MEMORY OF THOSE FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WAR 1914 - 1919/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Hobert
Bailey, William
Bedk, Choolen
Bettley, John
Bones, Kalph
Bowers, Willie
Bracegirddle, Frank
Broadhurst, Willes
Cloe-brooks, Choler
Cooke, Rblers
See details for all 47 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 48
Served and returned: 0
Died: 48
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown - Porch
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- First World War memorial
- 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
- Prestbury
- WMO ID: 247678
- Condition: Good [last updated on 07-12-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
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