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Memorial details

Memorial type
Roll of honour or book of remembrance
District
Chester
Town
Chester
County
Cheshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
57518

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Current location

Reference D/5306; Summer 2019- there are developing plans for the relocation of Cheshire Archives
Chester Archives
Duke Street
Chester
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 1RL
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 40710 65911
Denomination: Undefined

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Previous locations
  • Private Residence
    Macclesfield
    Macclesfield
    Cheshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: Undefined
    Denomination: Undefined
  • Brunswick Wesleyan Church
    Chapel Street
    Macclesfield
    Macclesfield
    Cheshire
    England

    OS Grid Ref: SJ 910 730
    Denomination: Methodist
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Description
Roll of Honour, designed by renowned Manchester artist Alan Tabor. In the two corners at the top, figures of Justice and Liberty, the sides of the borders with coats of arms representing English and European cities or royal houses (6 in all) with between these, festoons of thistles, roses and shamrocks. Coloured and gilded. It was formerly framed- this frame was lost some time after 1986.
Inscription
ROLL OF HONOUR 1914-1919/ BRUNSWICK WESLEYAN CHURCH/ MACCLESFIELD/ THE FOLLOWING MEN CONNECTED WITH THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL RESPONDED TO THE NATION'S/ CALL TO SERVE IN THE GREAT WAR FOR JUSTICE, TRUTH AND FREEDOM 1914-1919/ THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR KING AND COUNTRY/ (names in 5 columns)/ "THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"/ THESE ALSO SERVED IN THEIR COUNTRY'S CAUSE (names in 5 columns) THESE ARE DEEDS WHICH SHOULD NOT PASS AWAY/ AND NAMES THAT MUST NOT WITHER.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Crowder, John
Davenport, Harld.
Davenport, Jas. Leo
Davenport, William
Davies, Ernest
Hall, Fred
Hammond, William
Meek, Robert
Newton, Frank
Nidd, Fred
See details for all 19 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 140
    Served and returned: 121
    Died: 19
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, regiment, forenames, decorations
    Order of information: by surname THEN forename for the fallen THEN by surname THEN forename for the served
Components
  • Roll of honour
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Parchment
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
History
With the closure of the chapel and conversion to luxury flats, the roll was removed from its frame and disposed of in a skip, from which it was retrieved. By 2008 only one Methodist Church existed in the town, in a modern building financed by the sale of former sites, which did not accept any responsibility for memorials formerly in local churches; there are 6 Methodist memorials noted as being in need of relocation. Ultimately it was passed to Chester Archives. The Roll of Honour is showing signs of its poor treatment, having a number of holes which obscure a number of the names.
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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