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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Sandbach
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42918
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Current location
LITERARY INSTITUTE
Bradwell Rd
Sandbach
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 756 608
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED, FRAMED AND GLAZED ROLL OF HONOUR. HANDWRITTEN NAMES IN BLACK LETTERING. ILLUMINATED SCROLL. UNION JACK AT TOP CENTRE BEHIND ROYAL STANDARD. FOUR ALLIED FLAGS AT TOP CORNERS. NATIONAL FLOWERS OF FOUR HOME NATIONS IN COLUMNS AT EITHER SIDE OF NAMES. LION AT BASE OF EACH SIDE COLUMN, SUROUNTING PLINTH. UNIDENTIFIED SEA CREATURE AT INSIDE OF PLINTHS.
- Inscription
- ROLL OF HONOUR/ EUROPEAN WAR 1914-19/ SANDBACH LITERARY INSTITUTE/ (NAMES)/ (THE ABOVE FIVE MEMBERS MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.)/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allman, H
Bolshaw, S
Boulton, C W
Boulton, H
Boulton, M
Braddon, C D
Bumby, P
Butler, E
Cooke, G W
Cooper, M
See details for all 27 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 27
Served and returned: 22
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: depth 30 MM, height 810 MM, width 610 MM
Materials: Wood - Scroll
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Parchment
- Frame
- 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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