Wolstanton War Memorial

Wolstanton War Memorial is on the junction of Church Lane and Cetwynd Street, outside St.Margaret's Church. It commemorates 167 dead from the First World War and 55 from the Second.

The main inscription reads.

TO THE 

GLORY OF GOD 

AN I EVER GRATEFUL 

MEMORY OF THE MEN 

OF THIS PARISH 

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES 

IN THE GREAT WAR 

1914 - 1919 

R I P 

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED 

TO THEIR HONOUR 

BY THE INHABITANTS 

OF WOLSTANTON 

ALLEN E W

AUSTIN R

BADDELEY H

BAILEY H

BAILEYS

BAKER A J

BANCROFT A

BARNETT J

BAYLISS J

BEBBINGTON C S

BEBBINGTON S J

BENNETT H

BENNETT H C

BENNETT J T

BENNETT R D

BENNION A

BENNION J H

BICKERTON H

BICKERTON W H

BILLINGTON L C

BIRKIN J W

BOOTH J W

BOOTH S

BOULTON F

BRAYFORD A

BRINDLEY A

BRINDLEY J H

BROARD J

BUCKLEY J

CATON J W

CHADWICK S 

CLIFFE C E 

CLIFF C 

CLOWES W C 

COOPER C P 

COOPER J T 

COOPER S J 

CORNES H 

COXTON J 

CRANK A 

DAVENPORT D 

DAVIES W 

DAVIES W H 

DEASINGTON J 

DEWSNAP W 

DODD H

DOYLE P

EAGLES T

EDGE H G

EDWARDS J

EDWARDS L

ELLIS E

ELLIS J

ELLIS W

ELSMORE J T

EVANS A

EVANS J

EVANS J

FIELD A

FINNEY T

FINNEY W J

FLYNN M

FORD F H

FULWOOD B

FURNIVAL J G

FURNIVAL W

GALLEY A

GERRARD A

GILLETT J

GORDON L

GOULD T

GREEN C

HARGREAVES H

HARPER E W

HESKETH C

HESKETH J T 

HIBBS F A 

HITHINS W 

HILL A 

HOLDCROFT W L MC 

HOULT A J 

HOWLE W 

JACKSON T 

JOHNSON G 

JOHNSON J 

JOHNSON J 

JONES P 

KIDD J 

KITCHING H 

KITCHING W 

KIRKHAM I

LAWTON C

LAWTON W

LEWIS T W

LEWIS W

LIMER A W

LOVATT J

LOVATT J D

MANDER J

MANDLEY J

MANN B

MASON F J

MEAR S

MEE C

MILLWARD T W

MULLEN P

MULLEN R

NORRIS W E

POINTON H E

PORTER L

POWNER J

PROCTER A

QUINTON J R

RATCLIFFE F

RHODES R E

RIDER A E

ROBERTS J R

RUSHTON D

RYDER F

RYLES M

SCARRATT J

SEABRIDGE H P T 

SEABRIDGE W 

SHARRATT E 

SHOWAN R L 

SHONE G 

SHONE T 

SIMPSON F H 

SIMPSON W 

SMITH A E 

SMITH J 

SMITH T 

SNOW R 

SOAME E N B H 

STOKER A H 

STONE A J 

SHRIGLEY R 

SWINTERTON H

TAMS M

TAYLOR T

TEAGUE J

THOMAS E G

THOMAS J

THOMLINSON C A

TITTENSOR J

TOMLINSON J H

TOWNSEND W

TYLER A E

VERNON A

WALLBANKS J

WALLBANKS W

WALWYN F N

WARD W E

WELSH G H

WESTON A

WHALE A H

WHITE H

WILLIAMS E

WILLIAMS F

WILSON F

WITHINSHAW J M

WOOD J A

WOOD R H

WYBORN W

BERESFORD H

OWEN G

RICHARDSON G

PAULSON S

The inscriptions round the top of the plinth commemorate the Second World War.

TO THE 

UNFADING MEMORY OF 

THE MEN OF THIS TOWN 

WHO FELL IN THE 

WORLD WAR 

1939-1945 

THE BELLS OF THE 

CHURCH OF St.MARGARET 

WERE RESTORED 1948 

THEIR SOUND IS GONE OUT 

INTO ALL LANDS 

ADAMS R H 

BAILEY C H 

BAILEY J 

BALDWIN R 

BARLOW A W 

BARLOW P 

BELL G 

BOOTON W E 

BOURNE A 

BRETT D G 

BRICK G J L 

BUTLER W 

COOPER H 

COTTRELL H 

COUGHLIN J E 

DESANGES G C 

DIMILOW C 

DUNNING J 

EATON F J 

FENTON C H 

FORD F B 

FRANKLIN E A 

HADGETT A 

HARPER E 

HOLDCROFT D 

HUNT G E 

JOHNSON G A 

LEESE A 

LEIGHTON G K 

NEWHOUSE E 

NEWHOUSE J 

PANKHURST W 

PARRISH C 

PENKETMAN J 

POINTON E 

PRICE C 

PROBYN J 

RAWLINSON C K 

SEABRIDGE W 

SIMPSON C 

SHAW G 

SNOW J 

STATHAM F K 

STEELE K 

TATLER L J 

TAYLOR J 

TAYLOR L 

THORLEY J 

WESTHEAD G 

WHITE L J 

WHITHEAD G 

WIGNALL L 

WORGAN N 

WORGAN S 

WRAGG J 

All photographs by Chris Gleave.