Portwood, St.Pauls

In the grounds of the now demolished St.Pauls, Portwood. On the corner of St.Pauls Street and Carrington Road. Near the Brinnington Road entrance is a memorial to Soldiers buried in the churchyard.

The main inscription reads.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF PORTWOOD

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

THEY DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE 

1939 - 1945

Buried in the churchyard are.

1914 - 1918

THE SOLDIERS HONOURED HERE

DIED IN THE SERVICE

OF THEIR COUNTRY

AND LIE BURIED

IN THE CHURCHYARD

Private 19436 William Orlando BAGLEY

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 7th Bn.

Died 22 Nov 1916, age 22.

Son of Mrs. Martha Ann Bagley, of 1, Crow St., Portwood, Stockport.

Corporal 9384 J. BENNETT M.M.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd Bn.

Died 1 Sep 1916, age 28.

Son of John and Mary Bennett, of 30, Hanover St., Portwood, Stockport.

Private 72555 William George CLARK.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 3rd Bn.

Died 24 Sep 1918, age 25.

Son of William Henry and Alice Jane Clark, of 53, Emperor St., Portwood, Stockport.

Born at Marple.

Private 32567 William DEAN.

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 7th Bn.

Died 20 Jan 1918.

Private 14468 A. NELMS.

Cheshire Regiment, 3rd Bn.

Died 7 Aug 1919, age 29.

Son of William and Annie Nelms, of 24, Mellor St., Stockport.

Sapper 45675 Milton RUSHTON.

Royal Engineers Training Centre (Newark).

Died 24 Aug 1916, age 22.

Son of the late Cephas Milton Rushton and Mary Rushton.

Private 13433 J. SIDEBOTHAM.

Cheshire Regiment, 12th Bn.

Died 27 Feb 1919