War Memorials, St George, Stalybridge.
Location
In St George's Church, Stalybridge.
Description
In this church there are three war memorials
showing three different lists of St George's parishioners who lost their lives in the first world war.
The explanation for this puzzle is as follows.
In Stalybridge there were two churches with the same name.
- (Old) St George's, a circular building on Cocker Hill overlooking the town centre, consecrated in 1776.
- (New) St George's, a conventionally shaped church on a lower slope of Ridge Hill, built in 1840.
The new church was intended as a replacement for the old.
However, when it had been built, a dispute arose between those in charge of the two churches.
The Old refused to die.
For 127 years the two St George's, within a quarter mile of each-other, competed to attract worshipers.
At long last, in 1967 not far short of its 200th birthday,
the Old's building succumbed to ground subsidence and had to be closed.
The Old's war memorial was then re-located into the New church which already had its own memorial.
Thus the two St George's war memorials really do represent different congregations.
They were later joined by a third memorial, taken from St George's School when it closed.
The New St George's war memorial is a collage dedicating a memorial window.
It lists the names of "members of this parish" who "sacrificed their lives" in WW1.
The St George's School war memorial is a set of wooden wall panels.
It lists the names of "members of this church and sunday school" who were "killed in action" during WW1.
It also shows lists of those who were wounded, those who served in the armed forces,
and the names of the Vicar and Churchwardens.
The Old St George's war memorial is a brass plaque.
It lists the names of those "from church and school" who "sacrificed their lives" in WW1.
It also lists those who fell in WW2.
Inscriptions:
New St George's War Memorial
This Window was presented to St George's Church by the Parishioners
in Memory of the members of this Parish who sacrificed their lives in the
Great War of Liberation 1914 - 1919
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| Pte Boris Bramley BUCKLEY | K O R Lancs |
| Pte Jonathan RATCLIFFE | K O R Lancs |
| Pte John Edward HOWARD | K O R Lancs |
| Pte Ellis SIDEBOTTOM | K O R Lancs |
| Pte Harold BURGESS | L N Lancs |
| Pte Walter BURGESS | Cheshire Regt |
| Pte James MARSDEN | Manchester Regt |
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| Pte Thomas HARTLEY | Lanc Fusls |
| Pte William HARTLEY | East Lancs |
| Pte George KAY | West Kents |
| Pte James Henry LOCKWOOD | Grendr Gds |
| Pte Alex Spawforth RICHARDSON Welsh Regt |
| Gunner Albert CLARKE | RFA |
| Pte William BRADBURY | Chesh Rt
| T M OLDFIELD Vicar |
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St George's School War Memorial
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ST GEORGE'S
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The HAGUE
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MEMBERS OF THIS CHURCH & SUNDAY
& COUNTRY IN
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SCHOOL WHO SERVED THEIR KING
THE GREAT WAR
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| THE KILLED IN ACTION |
| THE KILLED IN ACTION |
| THE JOINED UP LIST |
| Sistr SHACKLEY F
TWF May 15 Sep 17 |
| Pte BRADBURY W | Ches R |
| Pte JOHNSON E | Ches R |
| Pte ASHTON F Organist, Manc R |
| L Sergt HARRISON S A | A Cyc C |
| Pte BUCKLEY B B | KORLancs |
| Pte KAY G | W Kents |
| Pte ASHTON S | Ches R |
| Sap HADFIELD H | R F |
| Pte BURGESS W | Ches R |
| Pte LOCKWOOD J H | Gren G |
| Gunr BATTY J W | RFA |
| Pte HIBBERT J | Manch R |
| Gunr CLARK A | RFA |
| Pte MARSDEN J | Man R |
| L Stoker BEAUMONT J | RN |
| L Corpl HAYNES T N | Man R |
| Pte HARTLEY T | Lancs Fu |
| Pte RICHARDSON A S | Wlch |
| Pte BEAUMONT F | MTASC |
| Pte HALLSWORTH A | Ches R |
| Pte HARTLEY W | E Lancs |
| SHAW E | Royl Scots Fus |
| Pte BEAUMONT T | Manch R |
| Pte JOHNSON J A | Lab Batt |
| Pte HOWARD J E | KORLancs |
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| Sergt BIRKETT H | Ches R |
| Pte JOHNSON F | S Lsncs |
| THE WOUNDED |
| THE WOUNDED |
| Gunr BUCKLEY G | RGA |
| Pte JOHNSON R | S Lancs |
| Pte ANDREW A | Welch Fu |
| Pte MADDOCK W | Kings Lpl |
| Gunner BIRKETT J | MGC |
| Pte LOCKWOOD A | Gren Gds |
| Pte ASHTON G | King's Lpl |
| Pte McCLEMENTS R J | N Ie H |
| Gunr BURKINSHAW H | RFA |
| Pte MELLOR T | KSLI |
| Gunr BIRKETT M | RFA |
| Pte OATS A | Ches R |
| QMS BURKINSHAW J | Ches R |
| Pte MADDOCK R | Man R |
| Pte BUCKLEY F | RAMC |
| Pte PARKINSON W | Ches R |
| Pte CARR J | Welch R |
| Pte MITCHELL T | ASC |
| Pte BURGESS H | Ches Re |
| Pte SKEA J | Ches R |
| Pte CARR J | MTASC |
| Pte PEMBERTON G | Lab BAt |
| Gunr BURGESS S | MGC |
| Whlr WAINWRIGHT W | RFA |
| AM COOKE J | RAF |
| Pte RICHARDSON F | Welch R |
| Pte GREENWOOD H | Austa R |
| Pte WAINWRIGHT J A | Man R |
| Pte COOPER L | MTASC |
| Cpl ROWBOTHAM H | Man R |
| Pte GREENWOOD W | W Rid |
| Pte WEBB W H F | Ches Regt |
| Pte CRAWFORD J T | RAMC |
| Rte RICHARDSON J | Man R |
| Cpl HARRISON A N | W Rid'g |
| Pte WILLIAMSON E | Colds Gds |
| Flt Cdt CROPPER A W | RAF |
| Pte SHACKLEY W | Ches R |
| Pte HUXLEY J | S Lancs |
| Cpt WOOD R G | Man R |
| AM CROPPER E Lilley | RAF |
| Pte SWALLOW W | W Rid |
| Gunr MADDOCK J | RFA |
| Lieut WOOD J G | RFA |
| Pte COOKE C | 4th Ches R |
| Pte TRELFA R | S Lancs |
| Serg't BRAY J | Ches R |
| Sgt Maj SHACKLEY A | Ches R |
| Pte GILL C | A Cyc C |
| Pte WILLIAMSON H | RE |
| Sister GOODE E T | TWF |
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| Pte GARSIDE H | Ches R |
| Pte WORTHINGTON J P | LN |
| Rev OLDFIELD T M, MA | Vicar |
| W SHACKLEY
R F BRYAN | Wardens |
| Pte HAYNES J | RAMC |
| Pte WORTHINGTON J I | RAMC |
| Gunr HARDY J | MGC |
| Petty Off'r BIRKETT J L | RN |
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| AM HARTLEY W | RNAS |
| 2nd Lt BUCKLEY J E 1/5 Sherw'd For |
Old St George's War Memorial
TO THE HONOR AND GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM CHURCH
AND SCHOOL WHOSE NAMES ARE INSCRIBED
BELOW WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 1919
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H BRITNOR
J BOWYER
H BEAUMONT
H FRANCE
P GREENWOOD
E HAMER
A E HAMPSON
H HARRISON
N HEYS
A HOLLOWOOD
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J KENWORTHY
F LAWTON
F LEE
R LUCAS
L MELLOR
J NICHOLSON
P NORRIS
E OLLERENSHAW
W OLLERENSHAW
W PLATT
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F ROE
J H STEVENS
A STUBBS
J SWINDELLS
C H TETLOW
J THORNTON
J WALKER
Joe WALKER
E WILD
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WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
Jack Cropper ADDY
Brian ARMITAGE
James HOLLINGWORTH
Carl's Cam