Marple Methodist Church.

There are two memorial plaques in Marple Methodist Church commemorating the fallen from the Great War. The Primitive Church plaque was moved here when the chapel on Market Street was demolished in the early 1960's.

Marple Methodist Church
Church Lane
Marple
Stockport
Greater Manchester
SK6 7AY

England

Trinity Methodist Church Plaque

A rectangular plaque with moulded Corinthian pilasters at either end, the names of the dead appear on central shield, with those who served and returned listed underneath.

MARPLE TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH & SCHOOL

--- MARPLE ---

OUR LADS WHO TOOK PART IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

DIED

H ADSHEAD

C BARTON

J G FEARNLEY

W FLETCHER

O NEALE

C E SLATER

THEIR NAME

LIVETH

FOR EVERMORE

ARNFIELD, A

ASHBY, J

BAGSHAWE, A

BAGSHAWE, H

BAGSHAWE, S

BENNETT, H

BENNETT, JNO.

BENNETT, JOS

BIRTLES, J W

BRADSHAW, A

CLARKE, H

COLLIER, R

CRANMER, G

DAVIS, H

DYSON, W

FERNLEY, A

FERNLEY, J

FERNLEY, W

FLETCHER, A

FLETCHER, H

FLETCHER, J

GASKIN, A E

GRATTRIDGE, A

GREENWOOD, G

HADFIELD, F

HADFIELD, J

HAYWARD, A

LONGDEN, F

MULLEN, G

PLATT, R

RATCLIFFE, E

SHAW, A

SHAW, E

STAFFORD, J D

TAYLOR, E

TYMM, D

WARDLE, J C

WATERHOUSE, O

WEBB, G

WHEELDON, R

--o--

Marple Primitive Methodist Church Plaque

A Nowy-headed white veined marble plaque with wreath at top on grey veined marble backing. It commemorates 9 men who died during the Great War.

IN MEMORY OF THOSE

ASSOCIATED WITH

THIS CHURCH AND

SCHOOL. WHO FELL IN

THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919.

William E WARD

Fred L LOYD

Arthur HOOLE

John BROWN

Edgar HADFIELD

Joe BRADDOCK

Ernest GREENHALGH

Fred PICKFORD

William BARNES

“Greater love hath no man than this

Than a man lay down his life

For his friends.”

Photographs by Chris Gleave.