Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Congleton
- Town
- Holmes Chapel
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 9928
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Current location
Originally in Cranage School
ST LUKE'S CHURCH
London Road
Holmes Chapel
Congleton
Cheshire
CW4 7BD
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 76216 67254
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Cranage School
Holmes Chapel
Congleton
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Cranage School
- Description
- Rectangular, carved wooden, classical-style board with carved Union Jack and laurel wreath (inside which is the village name) in relief at centre. Incised inscription in header and centre panels, incised names on two side panels. Each panel has a raised surround as a frame.
- Inscription
- Top - WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD / ALWAYS FOR YOU ALL Left Panel - (Names) Centre Panel - CRANAGE / OLD SCHOLARS / OF THIS SCHOOL / WHO LAID DOWN / THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT / WAR . A.D. / 1914.-1918. Right Panel - (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bernard, Horace
Billington, James
Blease, Harry
Bolshaw, Samuel
Broome, Geoffrey
Brown, Alfred
Butters, Arthur
Cumberlidge, Leonard
Harrison, George
Henshaw, George
See details for all 17 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 17
Served and returned: 0
Died: 17
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 870 mm, width 1080 mm
Materials: Wood - Oak
- 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
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