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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Warrington
- Town
- Burtonwood
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Maker
- CAPTAIN FREDERICK JARDINE BARNISH (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 07th May 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Liverpool - Dedicated
Date: 07th May 1921
Attended by: Bishop of Liverpool - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42861
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Current location
ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH
Chapel La
Burtonwood
Warrington
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 565 928
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Lychgate with two dedicatory stone tablets on either side of the gate. Coloured foliate tiles are framed around the tablets. Wreath in relief above left hand tablet and Latin Cross in relief above right hand tablet.
- Inscription
- Left Tablet: QUI MERUIT/ FERAT/ REMEMBER/ (Names)/ "SONS OF THIS PLACE,/ LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID,/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE/ ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD./ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES./ REAP A RICHER HARVEST/ ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP" Right Tablet: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN GRATEFUL/ REMEMBRANCE OF/ THE MEN OF THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR/ COUNTRY DURING THE WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ AND/ 1939 -1945/ ETERNAL REST GRANT/ THEM O LORD,/ AND LET PERPETUAL/ LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM./ AMEN/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Almond, Alfred
Baddeley, Harold
Baxter, John William
Brierley, William
Conway, William
Dalton, Joseph
Dingsdale, James
Ditchfield, Edward
Duxbury, Thomas
Fairclough, John Ernest
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 30
Served and returned: 0
Died: 30
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename
Order of information: forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: height C 3000MM, width C 2000MM
Materials: Brick - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Gate
- 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
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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