Saturday, 6 October 2018

Oakamoor War Memorial

The war memorial is a wheeled cross located in the center of the village, on Carr Bank.



TO THE GLORY OF GOD
ANS IN HOUOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF THIS PARISH
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS


LIEUT GILBERT B BOLTON
8th N STAFFS AT GRANDCOURT NOV 18 1916
2 Lt ARTHUR F WELLESLEY-GREEVES
8th N STAFFS AT YPRES SEPT 20 1917
2 Lt JOHN WELLESLEY-GREEVES
8th N STAFFS AT LENS JULY 1 1917
CPL WILLIAM AMOS
S FORESTERS IN ACTION MARCH 28 1918
PTE GEORGE S ALLEN
M GUN CORPS AT MUNSTER HOSPITAL SEPT 11 1918
PIONEER REGINALD BIRKS
R ENGINEERS IN HOSPITAL FEB 14 1919


PTE JOSEPH W BRETT
G GUARDS IN HOSPITAL NOV 28 1918
PTE HAROLD CARTLIDGE
4th N STAFFS AT YPRES DEC 2 1917
PTE THOMAS FEARNS
R WELSH FUSILIERS IN ACTION AUG 16 1916
PTE EDWARD D McKNIGHT
2nd LINCOLNS AT CAMBRAL SEPT 29 1918
Pte BERNARD T PRINCE
R FUSILIERS AT BULLECOURT AUG 23 1918
Pte BERTRAM T SALT
W FUSILIERS AT LOOS JUNE 22 1916


1939 - 1945
GUNNER WILFRED J ALLEN
R A KILLED IN ACTION APRIL 2 1942
PILOT OFFICER DAVID M BOLTON
RAFVR KILLED IN ACTION JUNE 23 1941
PTE RONALD E COOPER
QUEENS REGT KILLED IN ACTIVE SERVICE
JUNE 29 1945
MARINE EDWIN PLANT
RM KILLED IN ACTION MAY 24 1946
PILOT OFFICER WILFRED WALKER
RAFVR KILLED IN ACTION JULY 19 1945


All photographs by Chirs Gleave.

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