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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Shocklack
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42835
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Current location
ST EDITH OF POLESWORTH CHURCH
Shocklack
Chester
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 432 503
Denomination: Church of England
- Inscription
- JESUS SAID/ "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND/ THE LIFE. "ST JOHN XI.25./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/ PARISHIONERS OF SHOCKLACK/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN/ LOVING AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF/ THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO/ HAVING NOBLY DONE THEIR DUTY/ FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A/ MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FREINDS"/ ST JOHN XV.13./ "THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE VICTORY/ THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST." 1 COR. XV.57
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Barlow, Thomas
Goff, Wm Eardley
Griffiths, George
Griffiths, William
Haynes, Stanley
Hough, Arthur
Hughes, Arthur
Hughes, Thomas
Morgan, Frank Wm
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: no
Information shown: year died,regiment,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth 50MM, height 1000MM, width 850MM
Materials: Marble - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
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