Memorial

Kerridge - Cross

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Crossroads with Higher Lane, Oak Lane, Kerridge, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 5AW, England

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SJ 93419 76652

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 1995
Description: Tapering runic cross and plinth on two stepped base. Crossed sword and rifle on the front face of the cross. Dove enclosed in a wreath on the front of the base.
Inscription: Front: TO THE HONOUR AND/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY/ OF THE BRAVE KERRIDGE/ MEN WHO LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES FOR KING AND/ COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 - 1919/ (Names) Sides: (Names) ALSO THE MEN WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN 1939 - 1945/ (Names)

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment
Order of names: Rank

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 28
Died: 28
Information shown: Surname, rank, regiment
Order of names: Rank

Maker(s): Joseph James Broster, Mason
Percy Hodgkinson, Designer
Costs: Free
Sponsor Type: public
Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information: Kerridge War Memorial Committee had a public collection for the memorial. Committee composed of local Kerridge residents and ex servicemen. Land given free by Colonel W B Brocklehurst of Butley Hall.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

28th September 1919

Colonel W Brocklehurst

Dedicated

28th September 1919

Reverend Walter Brain and Reverend R Bewick of Bollington

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Kerridge - Cross

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