Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Lostock Gralam
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918), Palestine (1918-1948)
- Maker
- S WELSBY (WIDNES) (Mason)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 24th January 1920
Attended by: Bishop of Chester
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2139
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Current location
Churchyard
St John The Evangelist Church
Station Rd
Lostock Gralam
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CW9 7PS
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 69187 74783
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Celtic
- Inscription
- TO GODS GREAT LOVE WE COMMIT/ THE SOULS OF OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ WHO FROM THIS PARISH GAVE THEIR/ LIVES FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914-1919/ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ (NAMES)/ ALSO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN THE WORLD WAR/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adamson, J
Ainsworth, W
Ashley, E
Bannister, E S
Bladon, J
Bowyer, H
Bowyer, J
Bramhall, J H
Buckley, J W
Carter, C
See details for all 68 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 13
Served and returned: 0
Died: 13
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, Regiment
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 68
Served and returned: 0
Died: 68
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Palestine (1918-1948)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: Rank, Regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 1700mm, height 3700mm, width 1800mm
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Lostock Gralam
- WMO ID: 139064
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- Lostock Gralam Parish Council Meeting minutes and a Public Meeting PosterJanuary 1919
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