Barlaston War Memorial - Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Barlaston War Memorial located on the village green in Barlaston is Grade II listed.

It is a First World War memorial with Second World War additions.

The memorial was designed by the renowned etcher, illustrator and architect, Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs and was built by Robert Bridgeman and Sons of Lichfield. It originally commemorated 18 servicemen who died in the First World War, with an additional name included at a later date. It was unveiled on 23rd April 1926 by Private William Lowe and dedicated by the Reverend AC Oliver.
A further seven names were added to the war memorial following the end of the Second World War for those who died in that conflict.

The description of the memorial given by Historic England reads as follows;

" First World War memorial, 1926, with Second World War additions.

DESCRIPTION: Barlaston war memorial is located on the village green to the west of Longton Road at the junction with Station Road.

It is of red sandstone and takes the form of a Greek cross with cusps at the angles between the cross arms. The cross crowns a tapering octagonal shaft with a moulded collar and terminates in a square foot with inverted chamfered stops. The shaft rises from an octagonal corniced plinth with moulded foot. That surmounts a four-stepped octagonal base. The main inscription is carved in relief around the frieze of the plinth, reading in an anticlockwise direction and starting on north-east face:
TO THE GLORY/ OF GOD AND IN/ MEMORY OF ALL/ WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR OF/ MCMXIV-XVIII AND/ ESPECIALLY THOSE/ OF THIS PARISH.
The 19 names of those who lost their lives during the First World War are incised beneath the carved inscription on the plinth faces.

The south face of the top step of the base bears the inscription 1939-1945 with the seven names of those who died in the Second World War incised on faces of the step directly below." Source: (visit link)

In 2001 a grant of £150 was made towards repointing work.
The memorial was rededicated at a service on 11th November 2001. (visit link)

First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 19
Adderley, P H Broughton
Bricknell, Harold
Bullock, Geoffrey E
Buxton, Percy
Ellis, Henry
Embrey, Cyril S (M.C.)
Fleming, J Hamilton
Holmes, Thomas
Johnson, Reginald T
Hughes, Alan S
Latham, Enoch
Lowe, Herbert H
Richards, William H
Rushton, James
Swane, Joseph
Wentwood, A Felix
Wilbraham, William J
Winfield, John A
Wright, John W
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Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Ainsworth, John
Carter, Verdun
Makinson, E Keith
Snape, Joseph Alfred
Stazaker, James William
Waylen, Francis Roy (M.C.)
Yard, Frank Bernard

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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 04/23/1926 Private or Public Monument?: Government Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Barlaston Parish Council Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Physical Address of Monument: Junction of Station Road and Longton Road, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. ST12 9AB Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Website for this Monument: Not listed

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