Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Chester
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 16 March 1947
Attended by: Mr Dennis Dutton, son of the Rector's Warden of St Mary's (Mr F. Dutton) who defrayed the costs of the plaque. - Dedicated
Date: 16 March 1947
Attended by: Canon H. S. Astbury - Show More (1)
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84937
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- Description
- From newspaper report Plaque commemorating the Men and Women of the Parishes of St Bridget and St Martin in St Mary's Within-the-Walls. St Mary's Within-the-Walls became the Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill which became St Mary's Creative Space
- Inscription
- "LEST WE FORGET" / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE / 1914-18 - IN THE WARS - 1939-45 / "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Cheshire Observer - Saturday 15 March 1947
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