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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Triptych
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Weaverham
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 53403
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Church Street
Weaverham
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CW8 3NJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 61675 74241
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- BLACK AND WHITE TRIPTYCH WITH CROWNED IHS ON LEFT PANEL, CRUCIFIX IN CENTRE, AND CROWNED IX ON RIGHT PANEL. UNDERNEATH IS RECTANGULAR BOARD WITH LIST OF PARISHIONERS KILLED ON LEFT AND RIGHT PANELS AND INSCRIPTION TO LT F S LONG IN CENTRE. THREE PANELS UNDERNEATH TRIPTYCH SURROUNDED BY BORDER OF OAK LEAVES
- Inscription
- IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF/ FRANCIS STUART LONG/ LIEUT 1-5 BATT S LANCS REGT/ ONLY SON OF REV FRANCIS LONG MA/ VICAR OF WEAVERHAM/ WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME NEAR DELVILLE WOOD/ SEPT 8 1916 AGED 20 YEARS/ IN MEMORY ALSO OF THOSE NAMED HEREON/ WHO IN THE GREAT WAR LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES/ FOR/ GOD THEIR KING AND THEIR COUNTRY/ GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST Around Cross of Crucifix in Triptych - Top: GREATER/ LOVE/ HATH/ NO MAN/ THAN THIS Around Cross of Crucifix in Triptych - Bottom: WHEN THOU HADST OVERCOME/ THE SHARPNESS OF DEATH/ THOU DIDST OPEN THE/ KINGDOM OF HEAVEN/ TO ALL BELIEVERS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Long, Francis Stuart
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 69
Served and returned: 0
Died: 69
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: depth 50MM, height 437mm, width 840MM
Materials: Wood - Triptych
Measurements: depth 50mm, height 603MM, width 304-607mm
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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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