War Memorial, Norcliffe Chapel, Styal, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Norcliffe Chapel, Styal, Cheshire.

Location

In Norcliffe Chapel (Unitarian and Free Christian), Styal, Cheshire.

Description

A painted wooden panel in memory of the men of Styal who fell in WW1. It names just one of them, Arthur Blake SCOTT, presumably a member of the congregation of Norcliffe Chapel.

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
2nd LIEUT ARTHUR BLAKE SCOTT
17th BATTALION CHESHIRE REGIMENT
WHO FELL AT THE FIRST BATTLE OF GAZA
MARCH 26th 1917 AT ALI-EL-MUNTAR [ THE HILL
OF GOD		]
AND OF THE TWENTY-FIVE OFFICERS AND
MEN FROM STYAL WHO AT THE CALL OF DUTY
GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR [ 1914
1918		]
THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

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