Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Crewe And Nantwich
- Town
- Willaston
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Sunday 14th November 1920
Attended by:
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42772
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Current location
JUNCTION OF CREWE RD AND COLLEYS LA
Crewe Rd
Willaston
Crewe And Nantwich
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 674 527
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- THREE STEPPED BASE SURMOUNTED BY PLINTH AND OBELISK. INSCRIPTION IN WHITE LETTERING ON TABLETS AFFIXED TO THE SIDES OF THE PLINTH. CHAIN LIKN FENCE AND POSTS ENCLOSED THE OBELISK WREATH CARVED IN RELIEF AT THE BASE OF THE 6 O'CLOCK FACE OF THE OBELISK
- Inscription
- 6 O'CLOCK FACE: TOWNSHIP/ OF/ WILLASTON./ TO PERPETUATE THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ DIED FOR FREEDOM AND/ IN HONOUR OF ALL WHO/ SERVED THEIR KING AND/ COUNTRY./ LEST WE FORGET 3 AND 9 O'CLOCK FACE: IN MEMORIAM/ (NAMES) 12 O'CLOCK FACE: IN MEMORIAM/ (NAMES)/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) New inscription: IN GREATFUL MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914-19/ THEIR NAMES SHALL LIVE FOR EVER./ (Names) IN SACRED MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ WHO FELL IN THE WAR/ 1939-1945.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Adams, A R
Bailey, Allan
Bailey, L
Basford, W
Bayley, E V
Bebbington, Harry
Bebbington, Herbt
Bentley, Joe
Bickerton, J F
Bosson, W
See details for all 46 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 46
Served and returned: 0
Died: 46
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 8
Died: 8
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment
Order of information: surname,rank,regiment
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Obelisk
- 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
- Willaston WW1 & WW2 obelisk
- WMO ID: 170581
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 15-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2020: Ahead of it’s centenary in November, the memorial will be undergoing a comprehensive clean with some restoration work. 2014: Restored
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Willaston Parish Council
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