Congleton War Memorial

Congleton war memorial commemorates 243 local men from the Great war 107 from the Second and 1 from Oman. There is also a plaque remembering the Royal Netherlands Brigade that was formed in Congleton during 1940. The memorial can be found on Lawton Street opposite the Prince of Wales.

The three center plaques commemorate those from the First World War.

GEORGE ARDERN	BERTIE BUNN
WILLIAM F BAILEY	HOWARD BURGESS
HERBERT BAILEY	ROBERT A BURGESS
JOHN J BAILEY	PETER BURKE
HAROLD BAILEY	HARRY BURSLEM
GEORGE BAILEY	JAMES CARNEY
WALTER BALL	HUBERT L CARSON
ALBERT BALL	C GRAHAM CARSON MC
ARTHUR BALL CHESH R	HARRY CARTER
ARTHUR BALL BORDER R	ERNEST CARTLIDGE
JAMES BARKER	JAMES A CARTLIDGE
PERCY BARKER	WALTER CAUDWELL
JOHN A BARKER	J BERTIE CHADDOCK
REGINALD BARLOW	FRED CHADWICK
W LAURENCE BARLOW	NORMAN CHAMP
SAMUEL BARNETT	A CHARLESWORTH
T BEECH BARTON	NORMAN P CLARK
FREDERICK O BATE	WALTER CLEGG
WILLIAM C BAYLEY	J EDWARD COOK
ERNEST BAYLEY	EDWARD COOK
GEORGE BICKERTON	ENOS COPE
ERNEST BIRKENSHAW	ARTHUR COPESTICK
EMANUEL BLEASE	HARRY CORNES
NORMAN BOFFEY	JAMES CUTLER
MOSES BOON	GEORGE DALE
JAMES BOON	HARRY DALE
FRANK BOOTH	HAROLD DALE
ZACHARIAH BOOTH	ERNEST DAVENPORT
HAROLD BOSTON	JAMES DAVENPORT
HAROLD BRAMMER	FRANK DEAN
JAMES F BRATBY	HARRY DEAN
ALBERT E BRATBY	HORACE DEAN
JAMES BRINDLEY	HENRY R DEAN
HERBERT BROUGH	CHARLES DENHAM
ARTHUR E BROUGH	REG. J DEWSBURY
AMOS BROWN	G STANLEY DUCKITT
JOSEPH BUCKLEY	ARTHUR J DUCKWORTH

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS BOROUGH
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR.
GEORGE DUCKWORTH	FRANK HALL	RAYMOND JONES
HENRY DUFF	JAMES A HAMMOND	WILLIAM E JONES
ALBERT EATON	FRANK HANCOCK	WILLIAM JONES
CHARLES H EATON	ALFRED HANCOCK	FRANK KEARTON
JOHN ELKIN	ARTHUR HANCOCK	L BERTRAM KILBORN
ROWLAND ELKIN	EDWARD HARVEY	FRED LANCASTER
RICHARD ESPLEY	ARTHUR HASSALL	ARTHUR LAWTON
JOHN ETCHELLS	JOHN W HASSALL	JAMES LAWTON
WILLIAM FITZGERALD	PETER HENRY	CLARENCE LEWIN
GEORGE H FLOY	J W HIGGINBOTTOM	ARTHUR LILLEY
FRED FODEN	JAMES HIGGINBOTTOM	JOHN LILLEY
SAMUEL B FODEN	ALLAN HIGGINS	FRED LOMAS
EDWIN FOSTER	JOSEPH HIGGINS	J EDWARD LUCAS
GEORGE FOSTER	PETER HIGGINS	HARRY MACDONALD
JOE FOSTER	THOMAS HIGGINS	JOHN MCGARRY MM
JAMES FROST	GEORGE E HILL	JOHN MELLOR
W THOMAS FURNELL	WALLACE T HILL	W A MELLOR
JOHN GALLEY	HAROLD HODGKINSON	ALBERT MOORES
A GALLIMORE DCM	PERCY HOLLINSHEAD	JOHN F MOORES
CHARLES GALLIMORE	WILLIE HOLLAND	WILLIAM G MORRIS
G ARTHUR GALLIMORE	CHARLES W HOLLAND	JACK MOSS
THOMAS GARDINER	HARRY HORTON MM	FRANK MULLOCK
ALBERT GAUNT	PETER HORTON	WILLIAM MYCOCK
FRANK GOODALL	JAMES HOUGH	T EWART NORRIS
HARRY GOODALL	WALTER HOUGH	WILLIAM K NORRIS
RICHARD GOODALL	HERBERT R INGLE	JOHN NORRIS
FREDK W GOODWIN	THOMAS JOHNSON	ALBERT OGDEN
GEORGE C GREEN	GEORGE W JOHNSON	EDWARD OWENS
ABRAHAM GREEN	A LESLIE JOHNSON	NORMAN C OXBORROW
ERNEST GREGORY	ROY JOLLEY	GEORGE PARKER
RICHARD HACKNEY	HARRY JONES	ALLAN W PAYNE
WALTER HALL	JOHN JONES	ISSAC PEDLEY

JAMES PEMBERTON	FRANK TAGELL
ARTHUR PEMBERTON	JOSEPH TAYLOR
CHARLES POOLE	WILLIAM TAYLOR MM
JOHN F POOLE	WALTER TAYLOR
CHARLES E POSTLES	HARRY THOMPSON
BEN PROCTOR	JACOB TOMLINSON
EDWIN PROUDLOVE	THOMAS TRUEMAN
E JOHN PULLEN	HUBERT TUNSTALL
PERCY REDDISH	CHARLES TURNER
FREDERICK RIDGEWAY	FRANK TURNER
THOMAS RIDGEWAY	HARRY TURNER
THOMAS ROBINSON	DANIEL TURNOCK
HARRY ROBINSON	WILLIAM A TURNOCK
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE	ALBERT WARBURTON
FRED SANDBACH	ERNEST WHALLEY
JOHN SCHLANK	HERBERT WHALLEY
WILLIAM H SHEARD	JAMES WHEELDON
MARTIN SHEEN	JOSEPH WHITEHURST
WALTER SHEEHAN	ERNEST WHITTER
ROBERT SHENTON	ISAAC WILLIAMS
JAMES A SKERRATT	J F ERNEST WILLIAMS
WALTER SLATER	WILFRED WILLIAMSON
J NORMAN SMITH	JAMES WINKLE
WILLIAM SMITH	ERNEST WOOD MM
ARTHUR SPROSTON	JAMES WOOD
JOHN SPROSTON	THOMAS WOOTON
LEONARD STARKEY	WILLIAM WOOTON
JOHN H STARKEY	CHARLES WORRALL
JOSEPH STOCKTON	FRANK WORRAL
DAVID STOCKTON	CHARLES M WORTH
FRANK STUBBS	FREDERICK WRIGHT
THOMAS L STUBBS	GEORGE WRIGHT
THOMAS SUMMERFIELD	S JESSE WRIGHT
CHARLES SUMNALL	ISAAC WRIGHT
RICHARD SUMNALL	WILLIAM WRIGHT
FRANK SWINDELLS	JAMES W YATES
FRANK SWIRE

The two outer plaques commemorate the Second World War.

1939 - 1945
STANLEY J ARMSTRONG	JOHN S CUNLIFFE
JOHN ASPELL	HAROLD DALE
JOHN F BAILEY	ELSIE M DAVIES
THOMAS W BAILEY	HARRY DAVIES
HERBERT E BANKS	HARRY DEAN
TREVOR BANN	GEORGE DERBYSHIRE
REGINALD BARLOW	JESSE DOOLEY
PHYLLIS BAXTER	HAROLD DUCKWORTH
EDWIN BAYLEY	REGINALD DUTTON
JACK BERESFORD	KENNETH C EAGLAND
LAWRENCE BETTE	ALBERT W ECCLES
ALBERT BOOTH	LEONARD G EDWARDS
FREDERICK BRATT	DENIS FARRALL
ARTHUR BROUGH	REGINALD FARRALL
DENNIS BROWN	HARRY FINDLOW
JOHN BROWN	JAMES L FINNEY
SYDNEY J BUNCH	NORMAN E FODEN
GEORGE BURGHAM	NORMAN FORSTER
ROBERT BURNS	SIDNEY GAUNT
ALFRED BUXTON	FRED HACKNEY
THOMAS CAMPBELL	JESSE HANCOCK
WILLIAM D CAMPBELL	WILLIAM F HARROP
GEORGE CHAMP	BERT HIGGINS
CLEMENT COCK	JOHN T HIGGINS
REGINALD COPE	ROLAND HILL
ARNOLD CROSS	RAYMOND HOLLOWOOD
RONALD CROSS	ARTHUR HORTON

1939 - 1945
FRANK HULME	CYRIL SHAW
GEORGE H HULME	JACK SHERRATT
DONALD W JOLLIFFE	FRANK SIMS
WALLACE E JONES	NOEL SKERRATT
ROBERT W KELSALL	HERBERT SLACK
WILLIAM A LANCASTER	SAMUEL E SLANEY
ROBERT LILLEY	GORDON SMITH
THOMAS LILLEY	WALTER D SMITH
JACK LIMEBURNER	THOMAS M SNELSON
ARTHUR D MACHIN	WILFRED SPARE
JAMES A MANDLEY	STANLEY M SPURR
ARNOLD MCDONALD	E JOHN SQUIBB
JOHN W MINSHULL	ERIC STUBBS
STANLEY MITCHELL	FRANK STUBBS
WILFRED MOSS	FRANK TAGELL
JOHN MOULD	HARRY THORLEY
JAMES H NADEN	SAMUEL THORLEY
LEONARD J NEALE	GEORGE TIMMS
FRANK P NIGHTINGALE	JACK TITTLER
JACK PATTEN	JACOB TOMLINSON
FRANK PICKFORD	LEONARD VAN ROY
ARTHUR POINTON	WILLIAM W WALLACE
JAMES PRYOR	FRANK WHITBY
WILLIAM S RATCLIFFE	FRANK WILLIAMSON
CLIFFORD ROBINSON	JOHN WINNINGTON
GEORGE SANDBACH	HAROLD WOOD
RONALD YATES

The two smaller plaques read. 

CORPORAL DOUGLAS SWINDELLS MM

SPECIAL AIR SERVICES REGIMENT

KILLED IN ACTION

OMAN 1958

and

IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THE

ROYAL NETHERLANDS BRIGADE

PRINCESS IRENE, FORMED IN CONGLETON

IN 1940, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN

THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

All photographs by Chris Gleave