Cheddleton War Memorial - Cheddleton, Staffordshire, UK.
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N 53° 04.108 W 002° 02.723
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The War Memorial is located on Hollow Lane in the village of Cheddleton.
Waymark Code: WMXNC7
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/02/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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Cheddleton War Memorial is located beside the parish church of St Edward the Confessor on Hollow Lane in Cheddleton.

The memorial is a solid roofed stone gateway that is the entrance to the extended churchyard/cemetery. The flanking walls bear dedication tablets that commemorate the residents of Cheddleton who were killed or missing in the First World War (28 names), the Second World War (17 names) and in Northern Ireland (1 name).

Inscriptions.
ALONG TOP:
I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

FAR LEFT HAND PANEL:
THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

LEFT HAND PANEL:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM
CHEDDLETON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTIE AND IN
DEFENCE OF OUR HOMES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 TO 1919

(NAMES)
CAPT T. HUMPHERY SNEYD PTE THOMAS WARDLE
PTE HAROLD JAMES PTE T. HENRY RICHARDSON
SGT J. PERCY HARE PTE FRANCIS WILLSHAW
PTE ARTHUR E REECE SGT JAMES BARBER
PTE GEORGE GOLDSTRAW PTE J. ARTHUR PLANT
CORP W.W. GOLDSTRAW PTE THOMAS E. ROGERS
L CORP W.W. BLAKEMAN PTE CHARLES R. DAWSON
PTE FRED CHELL SGT ARTHUR PEARSON
PTE GEORGE JOHNSON PTE WILLIAM H. RHEAD
PTE HORACE OWEN PTE TOM JAMES
PTE CHARLES R. WARDLE PTE CHRISTOPHER MELLOR
PTE ALBERT HANDLEY LT BAZIL E. BOUCHER
PTE VICTOR RENSHAW PTE FRANK TATTON

FAR RIGHT HAND PANEL:
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM

RIGHT HAND PANEL:
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM
CHEDDLETON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE
CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND IN
DEFENCE OF OUR HOMES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945
(NAMES)
CNR CLIFFORD BLAKEMAN SGT LESLIE MAYDEW
PTE EDWARD CONNOR PTE GEOFFREY MORTON
A.S. ALFRED DUNDRIDGE SGT GEOFFREY LEEDHAM
C.S.M. WILLIAM FINNEY A.B. CYRIL PLANT
LACWOPAG HAROLD T.GARBETT SGT NICHOLAS PRINGLE
MIDSHIPMAN PETER HEDLEY GEOFFREY C.PURSLOW MB CHB LRCP MRCS
PTE CHARLES M. KENT PTE JACK RENSHAW
SGT WILLIAM R.MARTIN CNR DONALD SUTTON

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Private or Public Monument?: Other

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Unknown

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
Hollow Lane,
Cheddleton,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK.


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