War Memorial, Wharton, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Wharton, Cheshire.

Location
In front of Christ Church, Wharton, Cheshire.

Description
A wooden cross mounted on a stone base. It records the names of the men of Wharton Parish who fell in the first world war.

Inscription

NEARLY 500 MEN
FROM THE PARISH OF WHARTON
SERVED KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-19.
OF THESE
78 LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES FOR US,
WHO, WITH LOVE AND REVERENCE,
ERECT THIS CROSS
TO THEIR GLORIOUS MEMORY.

Cheshire Regiment
Sgt H S ROBERTS, 16 Feb 1918
Cpl Arnold BUCKLEY, 21 Aug 1918
Cpl John JOHNSON, 13 May 1916
Cpl Jos KNOWLES, 16 Feb 1918
Lcpl Harry DEAN, 17 Feb 1917
Lcpl Jos DUDLEY, 10 Oct 1916
Lcpl W HATTON, 1 Dec 1918
Lcpl Henry W LONG, 26 Jun 1917
Lcpl Robert SPROSTON, 3 Jly 1916
Sgt Fred BERRY, 5 Sep 1916
Sgt J W Mawdsley BERRY, 7 Jly 1916
Pte Thos ACTON, 26 Apr 1917
Pte Clifford ASTLES, 24 Oct 1917
Pte Enoch BRATT, 4 Sep 1914
Pte Jos BROWN, 5 Mar 1915
Pte R CHAMBERLAIN, 8 Aug 1915

Pte Charles DEAN, 19 Jan 1915
Pte Edgar F HAMLETT, 4 Aug 1917
Pte Joseph HATTON, 10 Apr 1918
Pte John Jos HITCHEN, 22 Mar 1918
Pte Walter HODKINSON, 20 May 1916
Pte Albert HOUGH, 10 May 1917
Pte Henry HOUGH, 24 Aug 1914
Pte J Willm JOHNSON, 11 Nov 1918
Pte Joseph PEACH, 14 Nov 1914
Pte Jas SOUTHERN, 8 Dec 1918
Pte Arthur TOMKINSON, 12 Jly 1916
Pte Joseph WALKER, 26 Oct 1917
Pte Henry WHALLEY, 11 Aug 1917
Pte Arthur WHITEHEAD, 17 Aug 1915
Pte F WILKINSON, MM, 7 Jly 1917
Pte C J WILLIAMS, 30 Sep 1917

Dorset Regt
Pte Arthur SANDBACH, 18 Dec 1918
Liverpool Regt
Lcpl Harold KIRKHAM, 7 May 1917
Pte Percy HITCHENSON, 19 Nov 1919
Pte Edward JACKSON, 16 Nov 1916
Pte Edward MOULTON, 29 Sep 1918
Pte Edward PERRY, 28 Apr 1917
Manchester Regt
Pte Jas Fred BATES, 13 May 1917
Pte Thos CURZON, 7 Oct 1915
K Shrops L I
Lcpl William DUDLEY, 16 Aug 1917
Pte George SMITH, 22 Aug 1917

E Surrey Regt
Lieut John R CHESTERS, 16 Sep 1916
Lancs Fus
Lcpl Ernest ASHLEY, 1 Jly 1916
Pte Jos BAKER, 15 Jly 1917
Pte Jos Sam HOPE, 22 Jly 1916
Pte H MADDOCK, 5 May 1915
London Irish Rifles
Rfn Robert S PRIDDEY, 16 Aug 1916
South Lancs Regt
lcpl Alfred BAKER, 21 Oct 1917
Pte William GOODIER, 14 Ju 1917
Pte Frank HEALEY, 18 Sep 1918
E Yorks Regt
Pte Frank HAMLETT, 20 Oct 1918

Northumberland Fus
Pte William NIELD, 8 Jly 1918
S W Borderers
Pte John BAKER, 22 Nov 1917
Pte J W BRITTLETON, 2 Aug 1917
R Warwick Regt
Pte Wm J WALKER, 14 Sep 1917
Royal Scots
Pte Harold GOODWIN, 26 Oct 1917
R A S C
Pte Henry JACKSON, 31 Oct 1918
Dvr H PROUDMAN, 6 Jan 1919

Royal Navy
J H M NEWALL, Sub-Lieut, Drake Bn RND, 13 Nov 1916
Albert DAVIES, Seaman, HMS Indefatigable, 31 May 1916
Geo OAKES, Warrant Officer, 23 May 1919
R Dragoons
Tpr Wm W BAINBRIGGE, 13 May 1915
G Guards
Pte W M CURZON, 4 Sep 1914
Pte J H WHALLEY, 7 Apr 1919
R E
Spr William SUCH, 17 Nov 1918
R H A
Gnr Laban ATHERTON, 19 Ju1916

R F A
Gnr George CARTER, 27 May 1918
Gnr Jos FRYER, 5 Apr 1918
Gnr Thos HAMLETT, 24 Mar 1918
Gnr Wm HATTON, 3 May 1915
R G A
Gnr Ern ALBISTON, 22 Oct 1918
Gnr Walt BROWN, 8 Feb 1918
Gnr Sam SKELLON, 10 Nov 1917
Gnr Norman SLACK, 6 Aug 1917
M G A
Pte Geo SANDBACH, 30 Nov 1917
Pte Wm WALKER, 27 Feb 1918
R A M C
Pte John WILKINSON, 18 Sep 1918
Pte John R WOODCOCK, 13 Apr 1917

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

War Memorial, Wharton, Cheshire.

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