Memorial

Great Sutton

Great Sutton cross

Source: Copyright John Hendry

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Current Location

Junction of A41 (new main road) and Sutton Way, St John the Evangelist Church, Church Lane, Great Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, CH66 4RF, England

SJ 37650 75581

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 9961
Description: Elaborate floriated Maltese cross on square shaft and octagonal base. Square stone plinth on each corner of the base
Inscription: Cross column face 1: 1914/ 1918/ Cross base face 1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ & IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR +/ + THE PATH OF DUTY/ WAS THE WAY TO GLORY/ Cross base face 2: (Names)/ Cross base face 3: 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ Cross base face 4: (Names)/ Plinth faces: 2, 1 and 8: SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID/ THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP/ A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL ASLEEP/ Plinth face 6: FALKLANDS WAR/ 1982/ (Name)

Memorial

Height: 3658mm

Width: 1525mm

Depth: 1525mm

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: 1451840