First World War Memorial - Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire East, UK
N 53° 04.739 W 002° 28.621
30U E 535033 N 5881184
The First World War Memorial is located in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, located on Church Lane in the village of Wistaston.
Waymark Code: WM16RR4
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/27/2022
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Nantwich.
The present church was built in 1827–28 to a design by George Latham. In 1884 the chancel was lengthened, and a transept was added and in 1905 further alterations were made. The building is Grade II listed.
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The 16 men from Wistaston and Rope, who died in the First World War (1914-18) are commemorated on the Memorial Cross. The memorial is a rough-hewn Celtic cross on a tapered rectangular plinth. It was dedicated on 20th February 1921.
The inscription on the plinth reads as follows;
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY THE PARISHIONERS TO THE GLORY
OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
THOSE IN THE PARISHES OF WISTASTON
AND ROPE, WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR - 1914 - 1918
(names)The names of those inscribed on the memorial and information about them can be seen at the following links: (
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The large churchyard to the rear of the church contains the war graves of three soldiers and an airman of World War I, and three soldiers of World War II. Details can be seen at the following link: (
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