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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Sandbach
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42900
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Current location
ST MARYS CHURCH
High St
Sandbach
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 759 607
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED, NOWY-HEADED WHITE MARBLE TABLET. SLATE MOUNT. BLACK INCISED LETTERING. COLOURED RAF EMBLEM AT TOP CENTRE.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM GEORGE UPTON/ SECOND LIEUTENANT,/ ROYAL AIR FORCE/ BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF/ GEORGE HENRY AND/ JESSIE MARY UPTON/ OF BETCHTON/ KILLED IN ACTION NEAR ROULERS/ BELGIUM, 4TH OCTOBER 1918,/ AGED 20 YEARS/ HE GAVE HIS HEART TO HIS HOME,/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS KING AND COUNTRY,/ AND HIS SOUL TO HIS GOD.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Upton, William George
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,relationships
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Tablet
Measurements: height 860 MM, width 610 MM
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
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