Memorial

Cheadle Hulme

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Current Location

Junction of Ravenoak Road and Manor Road, Manor Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK8 7DQ, England

SJ 87986 86144

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 3176
Description: Red sandstone column surmounted by a decorated cross. Two small bronze figures of a soldier and sailor are placed on each side, below the cross. It stands on a sandstone pedestal which itself stands on rough granite one. The principal face of the shaft is decorated with the arms of the County Palatine. WW1 names are inscribed on bronze panels on 3 sides of the shaft. WW2 names are recorded on bronze panels fixed to the sandstone pedestal.
Inscription: Front at bottom of shaft: ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS / OF CHEADLE HULME On base at rear: THEY SHALL NOT GROW 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. At the bottom of base: TO THE EVER GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FELL IN THE / WARS 1914- 1918 AND 1939-1945

Cross

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Plaques

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good