Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Town
- Leek
- County
- Staffordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26963
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Current location
In pathway leading to church entrance
ST MARYS CHURCH
Compton
Leek
Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire
ST13 5NJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 98405 56244
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- WOODEN CRUCIFIC WITH PITCHED ROOF TO ARMS OF CROSS. INSCRIPTION AND NAMES ON MARBLE TABLET AT FOOT OF CRUCIFIX.
- Inscription
- OF YOUR CHARITY / PRAY FOR THE FOLLOWING / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR / AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1914 -1918 [23 NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS] / 1939 1945 [9 NAMES]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Astles, Arthur
Astles, John
Brennan, James
Cannon, Arthur
Clay, Frederick
Conley, William C
Drury, James
Flanagan, George
Graham, Arthur
Graham, George
See details for all 22 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 23
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 23
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 9 CM, height 107 CM, width 78 CM
Materials: Marble - Crucifix
Measurements: height EST. 450CM
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- History
- CRUCIFIX REVARNISHED 1992-3
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- PARISH OF ST MARY
- Reference
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