War Memorial, St Martin's Church, Low Marple.

War Memorial, St Martin's Church, Low Marple.

Location

In St Martin's Church, Brabyn's Brow, Marple.

Description

A large bronze relief showing Jesus's agony in the Garden of Gethsemene. Below the relief is a stone table inscribed with the names of those of the Parish of Low Marple who fell in WW1. Below that, there is a darker tablet showing the names of those of the Parish who fell in WW2.

Inscription

THERE APPEARED AN ANGEL UNTO HIM FROM HEAVEN STRENGTHENING HIM
SURELY   HE   HATH   BORNE   OUR   GRIEFS   AND  CARRIED  OUR   SORROWS

1914 - - - - 1918
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
Joseph BOOTH
Francis Edward BRADSHAW-ISHERWOOD
George Bowden BROCKLEHURST
John Sidney BROCKLEHURST
Donald Harlow BUDENBURG
Harold Mathews BURTON
Dennis HALL
William Lucian HANCOCK
Harry George HANCOCK
Frank HARGRAVES
Fred Rowland HASLAM
Bernard Harold HARTLEY
Fred HOPWOOD
Walter Bailey HOPWOOD
Robert Denis HUDSON
Francis Reginald HUDSON
Godfrey Burnside HUDSON
Henry Erris HUDSON
Burt MORRIS
Arthur RHODES
Leonard ROBINSON
James Martin RUTTER
Alfred SUTTON
Granville TAYLOR
David TOTTERDELL
Edward YARWOOD
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

1939 - - - - 1945
Albert GIBSONJohn HAZELHURST
Samuel KIRKCyril A SHELDON
Charles Lucas Arnold MALLETT

War Memorial, St Martin's Church, Low Marple.

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