Robert Laurence Binyon - World War I and II Memorial Cross - The Parish Church of All Saints Odd Rode - Scholar Green, Cheshire East, UK.
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A quote from the poem 'For the Fallen appears on the World War I and II memorial cross located in the churchyard of All Saints on Church Lane in the village of Scholar Green.
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Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/07/2021
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A quote from the poem 'For the Fallen appears on the World War I and II memorial cross located in the churchyard of All Saints on Church Lane in the village of Scholar Green.
The quote: "At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
we will remember them" are the last two lines of the fourth stanza of the poem which was written in mid September 1914, a few weeks after the outbreak of the First World War. SOURCE: (
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The Parish Church of All Saints is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Congleton, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. It is one of three churches comprising the parish of Odd Rode.
All Saints' is an attractive rural church that was built in 1864. It is a Grade II* listed building that contains some fine architectural and decorative elements, which make it of considerable historical interest. (
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The memorial is a sandstone cross with several small cast metal plates located around the base. The plaques are inscribed with the name and year of the death of the men and woman of Odd Rode Parish who lost their lives during the first and second world wars.
The cross is inscribed as follows;
"In thankful remembrance of the men of this parish
who sacrificed their lives in the great war 1914 - 1918."
'Plaque 1
1915
Frederick W PRICE
1916
Peter FILCOCK
Leonard DAVIES
James Arthur MOLD
Charles NEW
Percy DAVIES
Arthur RHODES
Harold BOSSONS
James MELLOR
Plaque 2
1917
William BLOOR
Ernest BAILEY
Donald BOOTH
Hylton H BAILEY
Thomas HOLLAND
Harold CLARKE
Sidney TAYLOR
Sidney BOWLER
Edward CLARKE
Plaque 3
1915
William H GRANT
Daniel MITCHELL
Ellis BARLOW
1916
James PIERPOINT
1917
James BARLOW
1918
John James HARRIS
Plaque 4
1918
Victor SANT
Frederick H SHULVER
Harry Joseph BIRTLES
William CARTWRIGHT
Noah STANNIER
George ARMITT
Percy BRANDRETH
Plaque 5
1918
Alexander BIRTLES
Harry BIRTLES
Harry R BULLOCK
Jack MITFORD
Arnold WHITTAKER
Herbert TAYLOR
Plaque 6
1919
Joseph BOOTH
1921
W James LAWTON
1922
Frank B RILEY
" 1939 - 1945
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
we will remember them."
Plaque 7
1940
Wilfred Ernest CARTWRIGHT
Benjamin COLON
1941
Alfred WOODWARD
1942
James Bernard DUNNE
Alroy JONES
Plaque 7
1942
Alfred WILCOX
1943
Fred MADDOCK
Freda STATHAM
1944
Frank ARMITT
George BOSSON
Plaque 9
1944
Lewys William EVANS
James Victor GIBSON
William Samuel HANCOCK
William HULSE
Edwin Buckley JONES
Cyril Dennis LONGSHAW
John NEW
Plaque 10
1945
Raymond ECCLESTONE
William Jesse John WISE
Thomas Arnold LAWTON
Joseph Henry LOWE '