Wetley Rocks War Memorial

A Celtic Cross on a 3 stepped base in the churchyard of St.John the Baptist on Mill Lane in Wetley Rocks commemorating the fallen from the two world wars.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1918

HENRY APPLEBY

MOSES BOWYER

WILLIAM BOWYER

JAMES CAPEWELL

EDW JAS CHADWICK

FRED A COTTERILL

ERIC B GREYKE

RALPH GIBSON

RALPH GOLDSTRAW

EDWARD MEAR

JOSEPH MORRIS

ARTHUR MORRIS

HERBERT PHILLIPS

ERNEST E PICKFORD

ENOCH TURNER

NORMAN E WEATHERBY

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF THE MEN WHO

GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

JOSEPH MEYRICK

GEORGE R JACKSON

GEORGE DEVEREAUX

JAMES W TURNER

R.I.P.

I found a single Commonwealth War Grave in the cemetery (there are 3 others)

19181574 Lance Corporal John BROWN

Royal Pioneer Corps

Died 16 Dec 1947 aged 18

Son of John Clews Brown, and of Agnes Brown, of Cheddleton.

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Dilhorne, Park Hall Colliery

A granite obelisk standing at the main entrance of Foxfield Works, on Whitehurst Lane in Dilhorne, commemorating the employees of Park Hall Colliery who died in the Great War. The rear lists those who served and returned. (photograph not taken of this side on this visit)

ERECTED

BY THE EMPLOYERS

AND

EMPLOYEES OF THE PARK

HALL COLLIERY COY LTD,

CHEADLE, STAFFS

IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO LEFT

THE COLLIERY TO SERVE IN THE

GREAT WAR 1914-1919

AND

IN PROUD AND

GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

LIEUT W A BOWERS

5th NORTH STAFFS REGT

DIED OF WOUNDS

2nd JULY 1916

PTE C A HUGHES

4th EAST LANCS REG

KILLED IN ACTION

1st AUG 1918

PTE K LOVATT

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

DIED IN GERMANY

8th DEC 1918

PTE L E NUTT

2nd SUFFOLK REGT

KILLED IN ACTION

2nd OCT 1918

THEIR NAMES

SHALL

LIVE FOREVER

The rear of the obelisk shows those who served unfortunately I was unable to photograph this side. 

All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Kingsley War Memorial

A tall stone cross at the side of the A52 Dovedale Road, Kingsley, at the eastern end of the village.

ROBERT MYLES HEYWOOD

OF HALES HALL CHEADLE

LIEUTENANT 2nb BATT THE BUFFS

BORN FEBRUARY 1st 1884

DIED FEBRUARY 15th 1915 OF WOUNDS

RECIEVED IN ACTION

NEAR YPRES FEBRUARY 14th

IN DOMINO CONFIDO

ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS IN CHERISHED

REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR ONLY CHILD

ALSO IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE

MEN OF KINGSLEY WHO LAID DOWN

THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN

THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

G H SMITH

R A J BEECH

T SALT

J POYSER

G ALLEN

I HAMMOND

A KEENE

T CLOWES

E UPTON

G FALLOWS

E E BRADSHAW

G WHEAWALL

T BARKER

R J BURSTON

J MEAKIN

J H WILDGOOSE

C CAPEWELL

G RAMSELL

M HOLLAND

W BRINDLEY

J W SALT

K R LOVATT

R J BEECH

C P BEVANS

1939-1945

E LEESE

T RICHARDSON

T BASIL HALL

G FLANAGAN

H C CUMMINS

R HARDEY ANSTEY

1914-1918

G W WOOD

J TIDESWELL

1952

J S GOLDSTRAW

 All photographs by Chris Gleave

Cheddleton Memorial Lynch Gate

The stone memorial lynchgate is next to St Edward's church on Hollow Lane in Cheddleton, at the entrance to the churchyard extension.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM

CHEDDLETON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND IN

DEFENCE OF OUR HOMES IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 TO 1919

CAPT T HUMPHREY SNEYD

PTE HAROLD JAMES

SGT J PERCY HARE

PTE ARTHUR E REECE

PTE GEORGE GOLDSTRAW

CORP W W GOLDSTRAW

L CORP W W BLAKEMAN

PTE THOMAS L BLAKEMAN

PTE FRED CHELL

PTE GEORGE JOHNSON

PTE HORACE OWEN

PTE CHARLES R WARDLE

PTE ALBERT HANDLEY

PTE VICTOR RENSHAW

PTE THOMAS WARDLE

PTE T HENRY RICHARDSON

PTE FRANCIS WILLSHAW

SGT JAMES BARBER

PTE J ARTHUR PLANT

PTE THOMAS E RODGERS

PTE CHARLES R DAWSON

PTE FRED COPESTAKE

SGT ARTHUR PEARSON

PTE WILLIAM H RHEAD

PTE TOM JAMES

PTE CHRISTOPHER MELLOR

LT BAZIL E C BOUCHER

PTE FRANK TATTON

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM

CHEDDLETON WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE

OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE AND IN THE DEFENCE

OF OUR HOMES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1939 TO 1945

GNR CLIFFORD BLAKEMAN

PTE EDWARD CONNOR

A S ALFRED DUNDRIDGE

C S M WILLIAM FINNEY

LAC WOP/AG HAROLD T GARBETT

PTE CHARLES M KENT

SGT WILLIAM R MARTIN

SGT LESLIE MAYDEW

PTE GEOFFREY MORTON

SGT GEOFFREY LEEDHAM

A B CYRIL PLANT

SGT NICHOLAS PRINGLE

GEOFFREY C PURSLOW

MB CHB LCRP MRCS

PTE JACK RENSHAW

GNR DONALD SUTTON

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARTE LEFT GROW OLD

AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN

At the rear of the gate is a plaque rembering those who have died since WW2.

ON ACTIVE SERVICE

PTE D BONSALL

29.3.1975

PYE J E WILKES

22 10 1947

L/CPL S GREENFIELD

WHO DIED 4th MARCH 2012

AGED 29

Photographs by Chris Gleave.

Stockport, Our Lady and the Apostles

A Normandy Veterans Memorial brass plaque in Our Lady and the Apostles on Shaw Heath in Stockport.

NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION

STOCKPORT & DISTRICT BRANCH

IN MEMORY OF OUR COMRADES

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

NORMANDY CAMPAIGN

JUNE 1944

AND IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO

SERVED AND RETURNED

"THE LIBERATORS"

LEST WE FORGET

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Stockport Gt.George's WW2 Memorial

An oak panel commemorating the fallen from World War Two in the Church of St.George on the A6 Buxton Road in Heaviley.

1939 REMEMBER 1945

D ALDRED

R BAKER

H BARDSLEY

V BARDSLEY

D A BASSETT

W BUNTING

H S BURKE

J S BURNSIDE

R J G BURTINSHAW 

 W F CALDWELL

B CATLOW

A E CUNLIFFE

J T DAVIES

A EASTWOOD

J FAULKNER

A E G FIELDING  

A M FINDLEY

A H FLINN

M GASKILL

P D L GOOSTREY  

C G HALLOWELL

H HARTLEY

G L HOWARD

K V HOWARD

G HOWARTH

F HULME

G P JACKSON

D JONES

R R JONES

K KNOWLES

R MARPLES

H F LEAH

E M LEE

G PARKINSON  

J D PHILLIPS

D R POLLARD 

 P C F PRATT

G RHODES

W H SAXON

A E SHAW

H B TURNER

F B WHITEHEAD

L H WILD

J H WOOD

R W HILLER

K ELLAM

F KEMP

P E TURNER 

All photographs by Chris Gleave

Manchester Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd WW2

The roll of honour of the former Williams Deacon's Bank is located in the main foyer of the NatWest Bank Offices, 1 Hardman Boulevard, Manchester. It is a wooden tablet with the names inscribed on ceramic tiles. Please note there is no public access.

WILLIAM DEACON'S

BANK LTD

THESE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF GAVE THEIR LIVES

WHILE SERVING THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

ATHERTON	A J GREEN Lt Loyal Regt	KILLED IN ACTION
BLACKBURN	R K CHAPMAN Sgt Pilot RAF	PRESUMED KILLED  IN ACTION
BLACKPOOL	F B WALKER Lt Royal Scots	KILLED IN ACTION
CHEADLE	A J KENDALL Pilot Officer RAF	PRESUMED KILLED  IN ACTION
CHORLEY	E HARPER Pilot Officer RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
DONCASTER	E E BARBER Flying Officer RAF	DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
ELLESMERE PORT	R D BAILEY Sub Lt Fleet Air Arm	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
LEYLAND	F G HALL Sgt Irish Guards	KILLED IN ACTION
LONDON	R E WALKER DFM Flight Lt RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
	R WEBBER LAC RAF	DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
MANCHESTER	J V GARDNER Flying Officer RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
ST ANN STREET	H B CLAYTON AB Royal Navy	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
	R B HOPE DFC Flight Lt RAF	KILLED IN ACTION
	P INGLEBY Pilot Officer RAF	KILLED IN ACTION
ST MARY AXE	J A GIBSON L/Sgt Royal Artillery	KILLED IN ACTION
SHEFFIELD	C BETHELL Cpt Sherwood Foresters	KILLED IN ACTION
	W A FOULSTONE Pte West Yorks Regt	DIED OF WOUNDS RECIEV- ED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
	E D HALL Cpt Royal Artillery	DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
	D A ROLLIN DFC Pilot Officer RAF	KILLED IN ACTION
SMITHFIELD MARKET	O F LODGE Sgt Pilot RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
STOCKPORT	H K COLLINGE Sgt Pilot RAF	KILLED IN ACTION
SWINTON	G V HOYLE Sgt Pilot RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
	H K SLATER Sub Lt Fleet Air Arm	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
TRAFFORD PARK	K S CARR Flying Officer RAF	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
UTTOXETER	N E LAWE LAC RAF	DIED WHILST PRISONER OF WAR
WIGAN	C G ROSE O/Seaman Royal Navy	PRESUMED KILLED IN ACTION
	G F WATSON Craftsman REME	KILLED IN ACTION

Photograph by a very helpful member of staff