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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
- 42906
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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
- LARGE WOODEN BOARD MOUNTED ON WOODEN PANELS. TWO PANELS OF NAMES. GILT LETTERING. DECORATIVE FINIALS AT TOP COLUMNS CARVED AT EITHER SIDE AND DECORATED WITH FLEUR DE LYS. COLOURED CARVING AT BASE CENTRE OF CHESHIRE SHIELD SURROUNDED BY LAUREL WREATH.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY/ OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR A.D. 1914-1918./ (NAMES)/ THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT IVE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allcock, Cyril G
Astle, William
Ayres, Richard
Barratt, Arthur
Bates, Stanley
Beech, John
Bennett, Walter
Bolshaw, Samuel
Boyd, Harold
Brandreth, George
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 80
Served and returned: 0
Died: 80
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Board
- 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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