Memorial details

Memorial type
Hospital / Clinic
District
Macclesfield
Town
Knutsford
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Non-Combat Deaths
Ceremony
  • Rededicated
    Date: 1994
    Attended by: Major Redmond
  • Unveiled
    Date: August 1922
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
  • Opened
    Date: 2nd August 1922
    Attended by: Undefined
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
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Current location

British Red Cross
Memorial House
Northwich Road
Knutsford
Macclesfield
Cheshire
WA16 0AW
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 74317 78631
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Hospital, with supporting tablet outside and two oak name panels in the entrance hall (WW1, WW2). Two plaster wreaths with dates 1914 and 1918 above WW2 board. Memorial commemorates those from Allostock, Bexton, High Legh, Knutsford, Lower Peover, Marthall, Mere, Mobberley, Nether Peover, Ollerton, Over Peover, Peover Inferior, Pickmere, Plumley, Tabley Inferior, Tabley Superior, Tatton and Toft.
Inscription
TABLET: THIS HOSPITAL WAS FOUNDED / IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT / MEN FROM KNUTSFORD & THE / SURROUNDING DISTRIST WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING / & COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED / ON THE TABLET IN THIS HALL/ TABLET: IN MEMORY OF ALL RANKS/ WHO DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE/ IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945. WW1 BOARD: KNUTSFORD AND DISTRICT / PRO PATRIA 1914-1918 /(Names) WW2 BOARD: KNUTSFORD AND DISTRICT / PRO PATRIA 1939-1945 AND SINCE/ (Names)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Acton, Charles
Ainscoe, William
Alcock, W Cecil
Aldcroft, Herbert
Allen, William F
Ashby, H
Atkinson, Albert
Bailey, Daniel
Bailey, J
Bailey, John
See details for all 320 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 244
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 244
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, forename, home town
    Order of information: home town THEN surname
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 74
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 74
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames
    Order of information: home town THEN surname
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, initials of forenames, home town
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Hospital
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
  • Board
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood - Oak
Listing information
Condition
History
HOSPITAL CLOSED 1995 AND BECAME RED CROSS CENTRE.
Costs

Site: Gifted
Comments: Land provided by Major Leicester-Warren of Tabley
Memorial: £6,274.8s.7d

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: Voluntary subscriptions and donations by members of the Knutsford & District community and local organisations.
Reference
  • www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/184014 - accessed 17 May 2022
  • www.knutsfordtowncouncil.gov.uk/explore/war-memorials - Details of the memorial cottage and the relocation of its elements. - accessed 17 May 2022
  • UK Roll of Honour Entry for D A Hadden (post war casualty)- veterans.mod.uk/roll-of-honour.php?SerialNo=X14385
  • www.carlscam.com/warmem/kford.htm (for a photograph of the WW2 board)
  • Knutsford Guardian Newspaper 1973-2010
  • Minute Books, Accounts, AGM & Chairman's Reports of the Knutsford Leauge of Hospital 1972-1997

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