Poynton War Memorial

Poynton's War Memorial is sited in the grounds of St.George's Church, on the junction of London Road South and Chester Road.

The front inscriptions read.

TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD

FOR THE MEMORY OF THE

MEN OF POYNTON WHO

LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES

FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY

IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

IN MEMORY OF THOSE OF POYNTON

WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE

GREAT WAR

1939-1945

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD

AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM

NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN

AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

The Great War 1914-1919

Joseph ARMITAGE
Harold BAGNALL
Joseph BENNETT
Eric BOOTH
James BOOTH
Frank BRYNING
William BUTTERWORTH
Philip CARTRIDGE
David GOODWIN
Albert GREEN
John William HAIG
William HARTLEY
Thomas HENSHALL
Joseph HOOLEY
Edward JONES
Samuel Joseph LLOYD
Randolph NEEDHAM
Alfred Vincent PARKIN
George PLATT
Alfred Edward POLLARD
Robert POOLE
Dexter POTTS
Wright RIDGWAY
Donald SINGLETON
Bertram Harold TAYLOR
William TURNER
George F A Lord VERNON
Leonard WAINWRIGHT
William WALTERS
Stanley WARBURTON
Joseph WILD
Arthur WOOD
John Henry WOOD

The Second World War 1939-1945.

William H ASHTON
Harry BAILEY
Fred BEELEY
Ouida BENNETT
Philip BROWN
Reginald BUFFEY
Harold B CLAYTON
Reginald J DOUGHTY
Edward HALL
Robert HALL
Frank HALLWORTH
John HILLS
William HORROCKS
Arthur JOHNSON
Arthur JONES
Herbert LLOYD
Philip L LLOYD
William S OSTLE
Raymond PEAKE
Norman PENDLEBURY
Douglas C PERRY
Norman D RAINS
Eric J SEDDON
Basil SHAWCROSS
John F SHORE
Ronald D SPEAK
Eric TIMPERLEY
Richard C WALTON
John WARING
John WARRINGTON
Donald S WOOD
Eric YORK

Photographs by Chris Gleave.