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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chester
- Town
- Stoak
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9888
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Current location
On wall in Nave
St. Lawrence's Church
Church Lane
Stoak
Chester
Cheshire
CH2 4HR
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 42300 73300
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular, nowy headed, white marble tablet in alabaster surround and base. Dedication in centre; side panels with relief carvings of crossed rifles held together with wreath. carved cross in centre above text. Lettering in black.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED/IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/PARISHIONERS OF STOAK/(NAMES)/GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Butcher, T
Cadwallader, F H
Carter, J
Colclough, A
Davies, L W
Devine, G
Dilworth, F
Dowie, W
Gamble, E
Nixon, A H
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 0
Died: 10
Exact count: no
Information shown: Initials, surname, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Alabaster - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Frame
- 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 - Responsibility
- St. Lawrence's Church
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