Memorial
All Saints Church - WW1 Cross (Includes John S Collings Wells VC)
Current Location
All Saints Church, Church Lane, Marple, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6 7NB, England
OS Grid Reference
SJ 96155 87942
Denomination
Church of England
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 18427
- Description
- PLINTH SURMOUNTED BY GRANITE CELTIC CROSS WITH ROSE IN THE CENTRE. INSCRIPTION ON THE SIDES OF THE Upper PLINTH. The whole is on a 3 stepped base. The names are on bronze plaques on 3 sides of the lower plinth.
- Inscription
- West Side Plinth: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE" / West Side Plaque-TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE MARPLE MEN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR / (names ) SOUTH SIDE: "WHO STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL" / (NAMES on plaque below) NORTH SIDE: "WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE" / (NAMES on plaque below) EAST SIDE: THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL TOWNSHIP AND MANY SORROWING RELATIVES AND FRIENDS 1919 / "THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH" (REV.12:11).
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 107
- Died
- 107
- Information shown
- surname, forenames, decorations
- Order of names
- surname
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forenames, surname, decorations
Components
- Cross
Height: 4500MM
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
- Plinth
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
- Plinth
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
- Base
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good
- Steps
Made from: Granite
Condition: Good