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    © Imperial War Museums 2026

    Memorial

    Brunner Mond and Co Ltd; Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd

    Brunner Mond and Co. Ltd - WW1

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    Current Location

    Solvay Road, Winnington, Vale Royal, Cheshire, CW8 4DU, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SJ 64490 74780

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    Type of Memorial
    Pillar / Column
    WMR Reference Number
    10020
    Description
    Stone cenotaph with four sides and laurel wreaths incised into each of the sides. Adjacent is a red brick wall with a tablet bearing thw names of the WW2 Fallen.
    Inscription
    6 o'clock cenotaph face: IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF / BRUNNER MOND / & Co LIMITED / WHO FELL IN THE / FIRST WORLD WAR / 1914 - 1919 / AND IN MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THE / ALKALI DIVISION OF THE / IMPERIAL CHEMICAL / INDUSTRIES LIMITED / WHO FELL IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945 // 9 o'clock cenotaph face: 1914 -1919 / WINNINGTON / ROYAL NAVY / (NAMES) / (NAMES) / ARMY / (NAMES) / (NAMES) / Shropshire YEOMANRY / (NAME) / R A / (NAMES) / (NAMES) / R E / (NAMES) / (NAMES) / Royal Scots Regiment / (NAMES) / / Royal Warwickshire Regiment / (NAMES) (NAME) Royal Fusiliers / King's Liverpool Regiment Yorkshire Regiment (NAME) Lancs Fusiliers / Cheshire Regiment / (NAMES) / (NAMES) / Royal Welch Fusiliers / (1 NAME) / Royal Inniskilling Regiment / East Lancashire Regiment / (NAMES) / South Lancashire Regiment / (6 NAMES) / (NAME) / (NAME) / (NAME) / Loyal North Lancashire Regiment / (3 NAMES) / (1 NAME) / Welsh Regiment (1 NAME) / King's R R C / Royal Berkshire Regiment / (NAMES) / (NAMES) King's Shropshire L I / Manchester Regiment / (NAMES) / York and Lanc Regiment (1 NAME) Seaforth Highlanders / Rifle Brigade / (4 NAMES) / Machine Gun Corps / (6 NAMES) / (1 NAME) Royal Army Service Corps // 12 o'clock centotaph face: (NAMES) / WALLERSCOTE / (NAMES) / CONSTRUCTION / (NAMES) / LOSTOCK / (NAMES) / MIDDLEWICH / (NAMES) / SILVERTOWN / (7 NAMES) / FLEETWOOD / (NAMES) / AFLOC WATER TREATMENT SERVICE / (1 NAME) / PAPER GOODS MANUFACTURING Co / (3 NAMES) // AND IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE / WINNINGTON / (3 NAMES) / WALLERSCOTE / (3 NAMES) / FLEETWOOD / (1 NAME) // 3 o'clock cenotaph face: THE FOLLOWING WHILST SERVING THEIR COUNTRY BY MAKING T.N.T. PERISHED IN THE EXPLOSION IN THEIR WORKS ON JAN 19 1917 / (NAMES) // Tablet: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES / IN MEMORY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / SECOND WORLD WAR / (15 NAMES) / WALLERSCOTE WORKS
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    164
    Died
    164
    Information shown
    Regiment, forename, surname, location
    Order of names
    Regiment, location, each group listed alphabetical by surname
    War
    First World War - civilians
    Number Commemorated
    17
    Died
    17
    Information shown
    Location, forename, surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    15
    Died
    15
    Information shown
    Forename, initial, surname
    Order of names
    Listed alphabetically by surname
    Maker(s)
    • Darcy Braddell FSA, FRIBA, Architect

    Sponsor Type
    corporate

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    11 June 1921

    Lieutenant General Sir H De Beauvoir De Lisle KCB KCMG DSO;

    Unveiled

    1949

    Unknown

    Custodian
    I C I

    Components

    Plinth

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Wall

    Made from: Brick


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • The First Fifty Years of Brunner Mond & Co. 1873-1923 - Auth. John Watts - pgs. 62-67 - Publ. 1923 by Bemrose & Sons Ltd.
    • Carl's Cam - War Memorial, Wallerscote Works, Winnington, Cheshire. http://www.carlscam.com/warmem/wallerscotew.htm
    • War Memorials Online - Brunner Mond and Co Ltd https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/139057