Memorial

Chester Cross

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Current Location

Cathedral Green, Chester Cathedral, Saint Werburgh Street, Chester, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2DY, England

OS Grid Reference

SJ 40563 66427

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 9873
Description: Floriated hexagonal Latin cross on a castellated hexagonal pedestal, on each face of which is a niche with carved figure of saint. (See below). On a four-stepped hexagonal base. The inscription is carved, with the main dedication, for the Great War, beginning two sections back from the 6 o'clock front face, so that the name and dates of the conflict appear on that face - beneath which are carved the dates of the Second World War, with no further related inscription. Saints are, anti-clockwise from the 6 o'clock face: St Werburgh; St George; St Alban; St Michael; St David; St Maurice.
Inscription: ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY IN HONOUR OF HER SONS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 / 1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN/ THE TOWN HALL AND THEIR IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/ IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS// 1939/1945

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)

War: First World War (1914-1918)

History

Maker(s): Mr Alec Miller, Sculptor
Thomas Rayson, Designer
Mr Frederick Hamer Crossley ARIBA, Architect
Messrs Haswell and Son, Builder
Maintenance History: 1990: SANDSTONE VERY SOFT AND WORN IN PLACES. 1946: MEMORIAL WAS FORMALLY CONVEYANCED TO THE CITY TO AVOID CONFUSION OVER OWNERSHIP AND ALLOW IT TO BE MAINTAINED UNDER THE 1923 ACT.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

24 May 1922

DR GRIFFITHS MAYOR OF CHESTER

Dedicated

24 May 1922

Bishop of Chester

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