Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Shotwick
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9848
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Current location
beside gate at entrance to Church.
St. Michael's Church
Shotwick Lane
Shotwick
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 6HX
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 33678 71770
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Octagonal worked Celtic cross with wheel, on square plinth and two-stepped base. On two sides of plinth are bronze plates, one for each war.
- Inscription
- First Plate: 1914 - 1919/SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/(NAMES)/ OF THIS PARISH/WHO FELL IN ACTION IN THE GREAT WAR. 2nd. Plate: 1939 - 1945/(NAME)/KILLED IN ACTION AT ARNHEIM/18TH SEPTEMBER 1944.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Evans, William Edward
Horwood, Frederick Walter
Mansley, John
Thomas, Ralph
Weston, John
Wilcoxon, Herbert
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname.
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, place of death, date of death, manner of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Memorial
Measurements: depth 117 mm, height 3353 mm, width 117 mm,
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- First World War memorial
- 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
- SHOTWICK
- WMO ID: 113536
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 18-06-2020]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- Badly mildewed
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
Details: Possibly Chester Rural District Council - now defunct.
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