Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Astbury
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3396
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Peel Lane
Astbury
Congleton
Cheshire
CW12 4RQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 84619 61531
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall-mounted stone tablet with veined marble mount. Incised lettering. Relief above tablet depicting sword, feather and sword belt with tassels.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF/ EDMUND SWETENHAM / A LIEUT. IN THE 2ND BN DURHAM LIGHT / INFANTRY. THE ONLY CHILD OF CLEMENT / AND LOUISA SWETENHAM, NE CREYKE / HIS WIFE, OF SOMERFORD BOOTHS. HE / WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT RUE DE / BOIS NEAR ARMENTIERES IN FRANCE / OCTOBER 27TH 1914 AGED 24 YEARS / THY WILL BE DONE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Swetenham, Edmund
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname, rank, regiment, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth C 120mm, height C 1000mm, width C 910mm
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Parish council
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