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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Battlefield cross or marker
- District
- Macclesfield
- Town
- Wilmslow
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 69858
Current location
Dean Row Unitarian Church
Dean Row
Wilmslow
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK9 2BX
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 87106 81542
Denomination: Unitarian
- Description
- Battlefield cross, with a non-original brass dedication plaque.
- Inscription
- THIS CROSS MARKED THE GRAVE OF/ LIEUT-COLONEL/ CLAUDE SWANWICK WORTHINGTON/ D.S.O. T.D. 6th MANCHESTER REGIMENT/ WHO DIED ON OCTOBER 14th 1918 OF WOUNDS/ RECEIVED IN ACTION NEAR EPINAY AND/ WAS BURIED IN MOUNT HUON CEMETERY/ LE TREPORT FRANCE.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Worthington, Claude Swanwick
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, decorations, regiment, date of death, manner of death, place of burial.
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Battlefield Cross or Marker
- 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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