Location
St Mary & St Helen's Church, Neston, Cheshire.
Description
In front of the church there is a an elaborately carved stone cross
in memory of (but not naming) the men of the Parish who fell in the first and second world wars.
Inside the church there is a stained glass window and flanking slate panels
inscribed with the names of those who fell in the first world war.
There is also a memorial to George Ward Gunn, VC, MC who fell in the second world war.
Inscription
on the cross outside the church
ALSO THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1939 - 1945.
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Pte W ANDERSON Pte G ANYON Sergt G ASHWORTH Pte C J BAKER Sergt A BARTLEY Pte T BELL Sapper R BLAKE Lt Col C BUSHELL VC DSO Pte T CAMPION Gunner J CAVANAGH Pte H COTTRELL L Cpl A COVENTRY Pte J COYLE Pte A CRAWFORD Pte J CRAWLEY Sergt D CULBARD Corpl F W DANIEL Pte G DAVIDSON Pte J R DAVIES Pte J DAVIES Pte T DAVIES Pte H E DAYAS Pte J DEVINE Pte J DOWNEY Pte T DOWNEY L Cpl J DOWNES CSM S DUDDRIDGE MM Pte T ELLIS Sergt Maj E EVANS DCM Lieut N FOSTER Capt S P GAMON Bombr B GRIFFITHS Sergt M HAMPSON Pte E HANCOCK Pte F HARRIS Lieut G HARRISON MC Pte W HEALEY Gunner T HOLMES L Cpl B HUGHES Lieut N HUGHES MC & Bar Pte A JELLICOE Pte C JONES Pte E JONES Pte G JONES Pte H JONES | Gunner W JONES Sapper W JONES Pte L JOHNSON Pte W JOHNSON Q M Sgt W T KERNS MM Gunner W KITSON Pte A LAWTON Pte R LAWTON MM Pte T LEWIS Pte T LEWIS Pte W LEWIS Pte E LLOYD Corpl S MEALOR Pte J MELLOR Pte R METCALFE Pte W MINSHULL Pte C NEWCOMBE Sapper H NORMAN Pte W OXTON Corpl J PETERS Pte R PRITCHARD Pte W PRITCHARD Pte J PYKE Pte W PROSSER Pte R HANDLEY Pte J RICHARDSON Pte A C ROBERTS Lieut W ROBERTS Pte J ROBINSON Pte J ROSCOE Pte R ROSCOE Sergt G ROWLANDS L Cpl W SMITH L Cpl T P SWIFT Pte W THACKERY 2nd Lt B A B THOMAS Pte W S TOWERT Pte W H TOZER Corpl H WILDE Sergt Maj J WILLIAMS MM Pte R WILLIAMS Pte W WILLIAMS Pte W M WILLAIMS Pte J WOODWARD |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM
THIS PARISH WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 - 1919
"DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY"
