Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Ashton Hayes
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 7th August 1920
Attended by: Major E. Johnson - Dedicated
Date: 7th August 1920
Attended by: Rev J. Gardner (Vicar of Kelsall) and Rev A. J. Crawford - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 2156
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Current location
St. John the Evangelist
Church Road
Ashton Hayes
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CH3 8AB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 50711 69812
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Ashton Lane
Ashton Hayes
Vale Royal
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 50642 69548
Denomination: Undefined
- Ashton Lane
- Description
- A granite Celtic cross on a granite plinth with a carved sword on the shaft of the cross.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/1914-1918 (Names)/1939-1945/name.
- Inscription legible?
- no
- Names on memorial
- Astle, Frank
Bailey, Ernest
Brown, Thomas
Dale, Walter
Deville, Sydney
Dixon, Alfred
Fellows, Frank
Grogan, Michail
Hopley, Alfred
Hopley, Thomas
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 14
Served and returned: 0
Died: 14
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 3500mm, width 7600mm
Materials: Granite - Plinth
Measurements: Undefined
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
- Ashton Hayes
- WMO ID: 235270
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 11-09-2019]
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- Costs
Site: £200
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- British Legion
- Reference
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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