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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Congleton
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42833
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Current location
ST PETERS CHURCH
Chapel St
Congleton
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 859 627
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED WHITE LETTERING. SINGLE LINE BORDER.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ 34956 PTE. JOHN SPROSTON/ 8TH BATT. CHESHIRE REGIMENT/ ORGANIST AND CHIOR-MASTER/ OF THIS CHURCH, WHO DIED IN KINGS/ WAR HOSPITAL, POONA, INDIA, ON THE/ 22ND OCTOBER, 1919, AGED 29 YEARS/ ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF/ THE CHOIR AND CHURCH OFFICIALS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sproston, John
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,age of death,occupation
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 310 MM, width 420 MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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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