Memorial

Northwich Cross

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St Helens Witton with St Thomas Rudheath Church, Church Road, Northwich, Vale Royal, Cheshire, CW9 5PB, England

OS Grid Reference

SJ 66471 73878

Denomination

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 2144
Description: The memorial is set within a circular paved area with a brick, sandstone and fence-railed boundary. Three-stepped square sandstone base surmounted by square plinth with tapered square shaft and cross above. The shaft has decorative carved turrets at each corner and there is a sword carved in relief on the front of the shaft. Bronze plaque with inscription on front face of plinth with further inscribed marble tablets placed at intervals on boundary wall behind cross.
Inscription: Cross Plaque: FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH/ 1914 - 1918/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD;/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN:/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND, IN THE MORNING -/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Tablets: REMEMBER/ WITH THE MEN OF NORTHWICH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM/ IN TWO GREAT WARS/ THEIR COMRADES IN ARMS/ WHO DIED IN THE SAME CAUSE/ AND FOUND IN THIS CEMETERY/ AN HONOURABLE RESTING PLACE/ 1914 - 1918 1939 - 1945/ (Names...) Tablet: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ Tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE/ MERCHANT NAVY/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 296
Died: 296
Information shown: surname, initals of forenames
Order of names: surname THEN forename

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 148
Died: 148
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, decorations
Order of names: surname THEN forename

War: Second World War - civilians

Sponsor Type: public

Ceremonies

Unveiled

9th July 1925

Gen Sir Ian Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO

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