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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Bollington
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 28th November 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Unveiled
Date: 28th November 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Show More (1)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 1993
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Current location
At junction with Water Street
in garden.
Palmerston Street
Bollington
Macclesfield
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 93477 77894
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Sandstone, celtic cross set on inscribed plinth and five steps. Celtic tracery on all faces of cross. Reliefs on each arm of cross: Saints; Christ; St George and the Dragon. Stone wreath at base of plinth. In 2015, 2 stone walls of names were added.
- Inscription
- 1914-1918 1939-1945/ THEY WHOM THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES WERE NUMBERED/ AMONG THOSE WHO AT THE CALL OF KING AND COUNTRY/ LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS FACED/ DANGER AND FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT OF MAN/ BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE GIVING/ UP THEIR OWN LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM/ LET THOSE WHO COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR/ NAMES BE NOT FORGOTTEN / [Names]/THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED AND DEDICATED / ON SUNDAY NOVEMBER 28TH 1920
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ankers, George
Arnold, Edwin
Ash, Fred
Ashley, Alfred
Baguley, Charles
Baguley, William
Bann, John E
Barlow, Fred
Barlow, William H
Barnshaw, Thomas
See details for all 148 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 173
Served and returned: 0
Died: 173
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 29
Served and returned: 0
Died: 29
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetical by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2000MM, height 4000MM, width 2000MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- Listing information
- Bollington War Memorial
- 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
- Bollington War Memorial
- WMO ID: 183573
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 13-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Carter Postcard Collection
- The Parish Church of St John the Baptist, Bollington, D H Way, 1987
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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