War Memorial, Eccleston, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Eccleston, Cheshire.

Location

In St Mary's church, Eccleston, Cheshire.

Description

Two war memorials. A bronze plaque lists those of the parish who fell in the first world war. A wooden panel lists those who fell in the second world war.

Inscription

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN
REVERENT REMEMBRANCE
OF
Arthur William BARNES
Cheshire Regt
David Matthew COOPER
Cheshire Regt
Sydney Henry DITCHBURN
RNVR
Hugh William GROSVENOR
1st Life Guards
William HEWITT
Manchester Regt
Frederick JACKSON
Cheshire Yeomanry
Edwin Joseph NICHOLSON
Royal Horse Guards
Ernest TEANBY
Cheshire Yeomanry
James WHISTON
5th Dragoon Guards
Thomas Leonard WOOD
Cheshire Regt
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR COUNTRY IN THE
GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY
DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

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IN REVERENT MEMORY OF
Ian Arthur Neilson BRINSON
Fleet Air Arm
Neville Frederick DANCE
Royal Navy
Mark George KERR
Rifle Brigade
Leslie Victor MORAN
Royal Air Force
Charles Leslie ROUGIER
Lancashire Fusiliers
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY & FOR FREEDOM
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

War Memorial, Eccleston, Cheshire.

Thank you

To Adrian Sissons for the photos on this web page.

Carl's Cam