Memorial

St Paul's Church Parishioners

Mike Berrell

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Current Location

In the Memorial Chapel of the Church, St Paul's Church, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester, SK15 3HU, England

SJ 97164 98728

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 55898
Description: Four large tablets of Sicilian marble. The upper three tablets, commemorating the First World War casualties, are surrounded by a mosaic border and opus sectile, in moulded and carved alabaster frames. . The central one, bearing the commemorative inscription, incorporates the Stalybridge Coat of Arms; the two large tablets that flank it each incorporate a cast copper panel in low relief (St George slaying the dragon on the left panel, and St Michael with cross and sword on right panel), beneath which the names of the WW1 casualties are incised and painted. Beneath the central tablet of the WW1 section is a rectangular tablet that commemorates the Second World War casualties. Made to match the WW1 tablets, this too has a carved frame and green mosaic border; its central panel has the incised and painted inscription.
Inscription: (Upper central tablet): TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN HONOURED/ MEMORY OF THE MEN/ CONNECTED WITH THIS/ CHURCH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN DEFENCE OF LIBERTY & HONOUR/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 (Upper left and right tablets): (40 Names) (Lower tablet): ALSO IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (9 Names)