Stramshall St.Michael

Stramshall war memorial remembers seven local men and can be found in the churchyard of St.Michael's, at the junction of High Street and Hollington Lane. The church also contains a single Commonwealth War Grave.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

ARTHUR PRIME 4 JUNE 1916

WILLIAM SHEPHERD 5 JUN 1916

THOMAS BUXTON 11 OCT 1917

V HAROLD BERRISFORD 22 OCT 1917

SPENCER EVANS 1 DEC 1917

A EDWARD FRANCIS 27 MARCH 1918

JOSEPH BUXTON 12 NOV 1918

WHOSE LIVES WERE SACRIFICED

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

HE THAT

BELIEVETH

IN ME THOUGH

HE WERE DEAD

YET SHALL HE LIVE

I AM

THE

RESURRECTION

AND THE LIFE

SAITH THE LORD

Sergeant 8083 John W BUXTON.

North Staffordshire Regiment, 3rd Bn.

Died 12 Nov 1918, age 31.

Burried North of Church.

All photographs by Chris Gleave