World War I Memorial Porch - Church Lawton, Stoke- on- Trent, Staffordshire. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

All Saints Church is a Grade 11 listed building the oldest part dating back to 1180. (visit link)
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The porch was built in 1926 as a First World War memorial. It is built of stone with a pitched stone roof. The inscribed stone tablet is lancet shaped with a circular laurel wreath at the top centre, and is located on the right hand wall as you enter the porch.

The inscription on the tablet reads as follows;
'1914 PRO PATRIA 1918
THIS PORCH WAS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR'

ARTHUR ALCOCK, HARRY JENKINSON, HARRY ROBINSON
CHARLES BAILEY, JAMES MOTTRAM, THOMAS SMITH
DONALD BOOTH, ERNEST OLLERHEAD, ERNEST WILKINSON
JAMES BURGESS, WILFRED PLANT, ALFRED YORKE
LEONARD CRIMES, GEORGE PEARCE, HARRY JENKINSON
HAROLD HOLDCROFT, BERT RAWLINSON, THOMAS RIGBY

The memorial stone is located on the left side as you enter the porch and is inscribed as follows;
'THIS MEMORIAL STONE
WAS LAID BY
MRS ALEXANDER BAILEY
MARCH 6TH 1926'

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 03/06/1926 Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Public Subscription - All Saints Church Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Church Lane, Church Lawton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. ST7 3DE Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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