Memorial
Northwich Parish WW1
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Current Location
The church is also known as Northwich Parish Church, St Helen Witton with St Thomas Rudheath Church, Church Rd, Northwich, Vale Royal, Cheshire, CW9 5PB, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 66471 73878
Denomination
Church of England
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 2143
- Description
- Two large stone tablets with marble columns on each side an an ornate frieze. Profile of Christ with sunburst carved in relief at the centre-top of the tablet with furled flags carved to left and right sides of the profile. A carved ribbon runs across the top part of the tablet with a prayer inscribed. The names are inscribed in eight columns on the main section of the tablet.
- Inscription
- Ribbon: GRANT THEM O LORD ETERNAL REST AND LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM/ Main panel: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF ALL THE MEN FROM/ THIS PARISH WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919./ (Names...)
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 297
- Died
- 297
- Information shown
- Surname, initials
- Order of names
- Alphabetical by surname
- Maker(s)
S WELSBY (WIDNES), Mason
- Sponsor Type
- public
Ceremonies
Unveiled
July 1920
Bishop of Chester
Components
- Tablet
Height: 2700mm
Width: 2100mm
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good
- Column
Made from: Marble
Condition: Good