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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Composite
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Goostrey
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42842
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Current location
The Churchyard
St Luke's Church
Church Bank
Goostrey
Congleton
Cheshire
CW4 8PG
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 77936 70023
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SMALL FLORIATED WHEEL CROSS ON TAPERING OCTAGONAL SHAFT, PLINTH AND THREE STEPPED BASE. SMALL FIGURE OF ST GEORGE HOLDING SWORD POINT DOWNWARDS OVER DEAD DRAGON SET ON FRONT OF PLINTH, WITH CANOPY.
- Inscription
- IN PROUD AND/ GRATEFUL MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS/ PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1918/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bagnall, Walter
Carter, William
Davies, William
Glazebrook, Philip K
Hamilton, George
Hamilton, Joseph
Hardy, Herbert J
Jervis, Levi
Johnson, Frederick
Newton, Harry
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 3
Served and returned: 0
Died: 3
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank
Order of information: surname - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,decorations
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 2000MM, height 4000MM, width 2000MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- 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
- St Luke's Church, Goostrey
- WMO ID: 183634
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 13-03-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- EXTENSIVE BIOLOGICAL GROWTH - MEMORIAL APPEARS GREEN
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- for a transcript of names, see www.carlscam.com
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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