War Memorial, Marbury, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Marbury, Cheshire.

Location

St Michael's Church, Marbury, Cheshire.

Description

A lychgate at the entrance to church grounds, and a marble panel inside the church. The panel records the names of the those of the area who fell in the first world war.

Inscription

On the lychgate:

To the Glory of GOD and in honoured memory of those from this Parish who gave
their lives for their Country and whose names are recorded on the Tablet in the Church
19141919

"Ye who live on, mid English pastures green.
Remember us, and think what might have been."

On the marble panel:

IN MEMORIAM
1914 - 1919

Lt Herbert W ETHELSTON, Gren Guards
Sub-Lt J H M NEWALL, Drake Batt'n R N D
Pte Walter CLIFF, 13th Cheshire
Pte George H DURANT, 10th Cheshire
Pte Alfred FOSTER, 14th Cycle Corps
Driver Alfred HOPLEY, RFA
Pte Percy G IKIN, 2nd S Lancashires
Gunner Alec KERRY, RHA
L Cpl Tom MADDOCKS, 1st Manchesters
Pte William MADDOCKS, 2nd Cheshires
Pte John MADDOCKS, 5th Royal Warwicks
Pte Loseph MADDOCKS, KSLI
Pte Jack MORREY, KSLI
Pte William G PURCELL, Machine Gun Corps
Rifleman Clement THOMAS, KLR

"These in the glorious morning of their days.
For England's sake, lost all but England's praise"

THIS TABLET & THE LYCHGATE WERE ERECTED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION IN GRATEFUL
REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE WHO FELL IN
THE GREAT WAR.

War Memorial, Marbury, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Marbury, Cheshire.

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