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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Vale Royal
- Town
- Northwich
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Giles Owen (Designer)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: Unknown
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 66459
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Current location
St Wilfreds Church
Witton Street
Northwich
Vale Royal
Cheshire
CW9 5NP
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 66295 74022
Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description
- A glazed and framed parchment roll of honour with the letters 'IHS' and a crown at the top. Fourteen Stations of the Cross, put up as part of the memorial, were oak-framed pictures, but have since been replaced with metal ones.
- Inscription
- 1914 - 1918/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ ST WILFREDS CHURCH, NORTHWICH/ (Names)/ R.I.P. THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS AND ROLL OF HONOUR/ ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS/ OF ST WILFREDS IN MEMORY/ OF THE FALLEN SOLDIERS./ GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO/ MAN HATH THAN TO LAY DOWN/ HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 40
Served and returned: 0
Died: 40
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: height 1500mm, width 480mm
Materials: Parchment
- Roll of honour
- 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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