Handforth War Memorial

The War Memorial in Handforth was unveiled on 23 Mar 2016, and is located on Wilmslow Road.

The main inscription reads.

TO HONOUR

THOSE OF

HANDFORTH

WHO GAVE THEIR

LIVES IN WAR

The Great War 1914 - 1918

George ALLMAN

Albert ARROWSMITH

John BAILEY

Joseph BEARD

Percy BROOKES

Harry DAWSON

Samuel FERNYHOUGH

Horace FRANKLIN

Harold GARDNER

A GOULDSBROUGH

Robert Philips GREG

Raymond Hayes GRIMSHAW

A V HATHAWAY

Frank HELM

Francis James HEWITT

J KNOWLES

Francis LLOYD

Herbert MILLIN

William MOORE

Norman MOTTRAM

William PRIESTNER

Arthur Blake SCOTT

John SHAW

E W STUBBS

Ernest THORNLEY

Second Word War 1939 - 1945

Arthur BRADSHAW

Harold BRIDGE T.D.

Eric James ENGLAND

Kenneth Gaston GRESTY

Max A. F. LICHTENSTEIGER

Rowland Stafford METCALF

Samuel Philip MITCHELL

William Henry SEED

William Douglas STOPFORD

Clifford James WARD

Afghanistan 2001 - 2014

Jamie Jonathon WEBB

All photographs by Chris Gleave.

Wilmslow War Memorial

Wilmslow War Memorial is sited in a small park between Manchester Road, Mill Street and Chancel Lane, close to St.Bartholomews.

1914 - 1918

J ACTON

C AINSWORTH

W ANTROBUS

E ASHTON

H AUSTIN

S AUSTIN

A BAILEY

H BAILEY

J A BAILEY

T S BEAUMONT

J C BELL

E BERISFORD

A BIRTLES

S BIRTLES

J BLACKSHAW

E BOOTH

L BOOTH

T Y BOUGHEY

W BOWERS

S A BOWKER

C BRADBURY

A BRADLEY

G BRADLEY

G BRANDON

F BRANDRETH M.M.

R J BRANDRETH

R H BREWERTON

W L BREWERTON

Jas' BROUGHTON

Josh' BROUGHTON

V S BROUGHTON

J BURGESS

S BURGESS

T BURGESS

G BUSHILL M.M.

E CAMM

C B CHADWICK

G CHESTERS

H CLARKE

J H CLEGG

H COLE

W COLE

G E COLLIER M.M.

A COOPER

G H COOPER

A R COX

C H COX

A M CUNNINGHAM

J C DAVIES

E DEAN

W R DODGE M.M.

H L M DODSON

D EDWARDS

R EDWARDS

C E ENTWISTLE

J D FORD

A FORSTER

F GARNER

H GARNER

R GARNER

H GIBSON

J GLENNON

A E GLOVER

G F GRAHAM

G GREENALL M.M.

C Y GRIMSHAW

R H GRIMSHAW

E GROVES

R W HAMNETT

F A HARDY

C H HELLING

F HELM

C HENSHALL

J HEWITT

A HOBSON

A HODGKINSON

A HOWARTH

A JENKINS

S JOHNSON

E JONES

G E JORDAN

J S KELSALL

F KETTELL

F W KNOTT

J LEE, M.C.

W H LEE

P E LEECH

A LEWIS

H McCLUNAN

J W McGANN

P MACKENZIE

J MANSELL

J B MARTINDALE

G J MASON

D MASSEY

G MASSEY

G H MASSEY

G L MASSEY

H MASSEY

T MASSEY

A MATTHEWS

H MELLOR

R S MILBURN

E F MILLER

T MOORE

J R MORGAN

W E MORGAN

F H MORRELL

H MORRELL M.M.

T MORRELL

H J MOTTERSHEAD

G A MOTTRAM

W H MOTTRAM

E NOPPEN

F B OUSEY

W G OWEN

W PARKINSON

J PEDLEY

G PELL

F L PLATT

F POTTS

E PRICE

C PROUDMAN

M J PUGH

W PUGH

G QUARTERMAN

A RATHBONE

B W RAWSON

C RIGBY

J C RIGBY M.M.

H RIGG

J M ROBERTS

F ROWBOTHAM

J RUSHTON

A B SCOTT

H G SENIOR

F SHAW

F SHUTTLEWORTH

G SLATER

C A SMITH

E SNAPE

J M STARK

J SUMNER

A SWINDELLS

J SWINDELLS

L SWINDELLS

J T TAYLOR

A THIRLWALL

S THIRLWALL

J THORLEY

H B THORNHILL

W H TIMPERLEY

W TORKINGTON

E TOWNSEND

W H TOWNLEY C.de G.

C H TURNER

T TURNER

T E TUSON

W G WAREHAM

W WEST

E L WHITEHEAD

B WHITWAM

F A WILKINSON

W O WILKINSON

E M WILLIAMS

S WILLIAMS

H WILLIAMSON

A WOOD

F A WOOD

W WOODHOUSE

P E WOORE

H WORSLEY

J WORSLEY

G WORTH

T A WORTHINGTON

A WRENCH M.M.

1939 - 1945 

Phyllis BACON

Maurice Edward BADDELEY

Robert Arthur BANKS

Harry Lewis BARNES

Michael BATES

Cecil Ford BEDELL

Stanley BOOTH

Arthur Andrew BRADLEY

Donald BROADHURST

Norman BURGESS

Charles CALLWOOD

Walter Callwood CHEETHAM

Oliver DIXON

John Arnold FOX

John GODDARD

Leslie Gordon COCKRAM

Frederick Herbert HALL

Philip Sumner HOLT

Ronald Edward HULME

Kenneth JOHNSON

Cyril KENT

Percy NAYLOR

Peter Norbury LEECH

George LINCOLN

Austin Southwell MARSHALL

Colin METCALFE

Edward Arthur METCALFE

Arthur MOORE

Raymond MOTTERSHEAD

Roylance Lynton PARKINSON

Eric PATERSON

Harold PLANT

Frederick William George POVEY

George Edward POWELL

Mark Fleming RODIER

John Aspinall SLATER

Donald Arthur SMITHIES

Anthony Raymond STREAT

Eric STREET

Kenneth SUMNER

William Arthur TAYLOR

Kenneth Charles Nutt TRAVIS

Roy VERNON

Harold Kay WOOD

Kenneth Francis WOODALL

Albert George WOODHOUSE

Pilot Colin Higson WYLDE

Thomas Richard WAGNER

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Wilmslow St.Bartholomew

There are nine Commonwealth War Graves in the churchyard of St.Bartholomews, Wilmslow, I found two of them on my visit.

Private 18660 G F GRAHAM.

Royal Defence Corps, 389th Protection Coy.

Died 14 Feb 1917, age 19.

Plot C. Row Q. Grave 16.

Son of William and Elizabeth Graham, of 22, South Oak Lane, Fulshaw, Wilmslow.

Private T WORTHINGTON.

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Inf. Lab. Coy.

Died 1 Mar 1917, age 39.

Plot C. Row C. Grave 3.

Son of Thomas and Margaret Worthington
Husband of Elizabeth J. Worthington, of 72, Bank St., Macclesfield. Born at Wilmslow.

Wilmslow Cemetery

War Graves in Wilmslow Cemetery, Manchester Road, Wilmslow.

Flying Officer 107286 Thomas Henry William BAKER.

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 75 Sqdn.

Died 11 Aug 1942, age 26.

Plot A. Grave. 128.

Son of Matthew Botham Baker and Edith May Baker, husband of Elizabeth Montgomery Baker, of Cheadle.

Private 20103 J CLEARY.

Royal Defence Corps, 303rd Protection Coy.

Died 22 Dec 1917.

Plot K. Grave 84.

Warrent Officer 553805 Sydney James DURANT.

Royal Air Force, RAF Cosford.

Died 12 Mar 1955, age 33.

Plot F. Grave 180.

Aircraftman 2nd Class 552068 Leonard James HUNNS.

Royal Air Force.

Died 29 Dec 1939.

Plot K. Grave 204.

Serjeant 902948 Kenneth JOHNSON.

Royal Artillery, 207 Bty., 110 Field Regt.

Died 21 May 1940, age 26.

Plot H. Grave 88.

Son of Joseph and Louisa Johnson, of Wilmslow
Husband of Zena Johnson, of Wilmslow.

Private 24844232 Michael Thomas PAOLO.

Cheshire Regiment.

Died 22 Jun 1990, age 20.

Aircraftman 2nd Class 2391257 Ronald William Gordon PIERCE.

Royal Air Force, RAF Wilmslow.

Died 25 Sep 1948, age 18.

Plot K. Grave 182.

Private 11916 H ROSS.

Royal Defence Corps, 337th Protection Coy.

Died 22 Dec 1916.

Plot K. Grave 262.

Aircraftman 2nd Class 4251184 Brian Douglas SHAND-WESTWOOD.

Royal Air Force, RAF Wilmslow.

Died 16 Jun 1959, age 24.

Plot F. Grave 171.

Lance Corporal 25228073 Jamie Jonathon WEBB.

Mercian Regiment.

Died 26 Mar 2013, age 24.

Plot 5. Grave 241.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Dean Row Unitarian Chapel

On the wall of Dean Row Unitarian Chapel, Wilmslow, At the junction of Adlington Road and Chapel Road.

TO THE

GLORY OF GOD

AND IN MEMORY OF

ROBERT JOHN BRANDRETH

FRANK BRANDRETH

ARTHUR BLAKE SCOTT

HARRY WILLIAMSON

CJAUDE SWANWICK WORTHINGTON

WHO

COUNTING NOT THEIR LIVES DEAR

UNTO THEMSELVES DIED FOR

FREEDOM AND COUNTRY

IN THE GREAT WAR

1914-1919

ALSO

MAY BRANDON

JOHN DOUGLAS BARBER

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN THE WAR

1939-1945

The graveyard contains a single war grave.

Trooper 306815 John Brian GRAY.

Royal Horse Guards.

Died 27 Mar 1947, age 17.

Grave 376.

Son of John William and Elsie Gray, of Hazel Grove.

Photos by Chris Gleave.

Cheadle Hulme All Saints Churchyard

Commonwealth War Graves at All Saints, Cheadle Hulme, including that of Donald Hobson who died at the age of 16.

Private 27361 James BOON.

South Lancashire Regiment, 10th Bn.

Died 18 Apr 1916, age 33

Row 6. Grave 6.

Son of John and Sarah Boon, of 115, Hulme Hall Rd., Cheadle Hulme.

Boy Artificer M/11342 Donald HOBSON.

Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Indus."

Died 2 Aug 1916, age 16.

East 139.

Son of Luke and Alice Hobson, of 30, Station Rd., Cheadle Hulme.

Private 35457 Alfred Gradwell NORBURY.

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 18th Bn.

Died 1 May 1916, age 31.

East 30.

Son of Robert Gradwell Norbury, of Coopers Fold, Cheadle Hulme.

Corporal 7613405 Ronald PURTELL,

Royal Army Ordnance Corps.

Died 27 Jul 1940, age 21.

North of church.

Son of James and Elizebeth Purtell, of Cheadle Hulme.

Private 16771 Joseph SIGLEY.

Hampshire Regiment, 10th Bn.

Died 30 Nov 1918, age 28.

East 77.

Son of Joseph James and Agnes Sigley, of 87, Station Rd., Cheadle Hulme.

Private 3518 F WHITEWAY.

Manchester Regiment.

Died 20 Feb 1919.

Row 28. Grave 15.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Stockport, St.George War Memorial

Located in the grounds of St.George's Church, Heaviley, opposite the Cemetery.

The main inscription reads.

IN

LOVING

AND GREATFUL

MEMORY

OF

THE MEN WHO

FROM THIS PARISH

OF

SAINT GEORGE

STOCKPORT

GAVE THEIR LIVES

FOR

KING

AND

COUNTRY

IN THE

GREAT WAR

1914   *

*   1918

The men commemorated.

ALSOPP J G

ANTROBUS F

ARCHBUTT W H

ARNOLD A

ASHCROFT J

ASPINALL W

ASTON H S

ASTINGTON D W

ASTINGTON J A

BAILEY A

BAILEY L

BAILEY T

BANCROFT J

BARLOW J A

BARNETT W

BARRATT F

BARRATT R

BEELEY F S

BILTON G W

BOUSKILL E

BOWDEN G S

BRINDLEY T

BRINDLEY W

BROOKS W

BROWN J W

BURGESS F

CHADWICK C

CLAMPETT C V

CLAMPETT V

CLARKSON G

CLIFF J

CLOUGH S

COBURN L D

COLLYER N

COOPER F

CRAGG W A

DARBYSHIRE G H

DAVIES W

DAWSON H G

DIXON R

DOWNS S

DRAPER J E

DUNKLEY H

ECKERSALL A

EDEN G

EMERY L C

EVANS A

FLETCHER H H

FLETCHER S M

GODDARD F A

GRANGER H M

GREEN J D

GREENHALGH M L

GROVES R

HALLAM F W

HARRIS D

HARTLEY A

HAZELDINE S

HEYDON S

HILL P

HIRST J

HOLLAND J A

HOLLIDAY G E

HOLME Z

HUGHSTON T A

HULME A Y

HULME E A

HUMPHREYS W     

HURST R H

HUXLEY F

HUXLEY J K

IRWIN J F

JOHNSON A

JEPSON S

KAYE A

KITCHEN C

KITCHEN H

LINNEY F

LISTER J

LOWCOCK H

MARSDEN H

MAY W

MORRIS A

NEWTON E

NEWTON W

NIELD J

NIELD T

NIXON G

NORBURY E

PARKER H

PATTISON W

PEARSON F

PENNY T H

PERCIVAL J L

PERKINS H

PICKUP C

POLLARD W J

POTTS G

POWELL A E

RADCLIFFE A

RADCLIFFE F

READ W L

RILEY G

ROBERTSON J

SCHOFIELD C B

SCOTT J C

SIMPSON J C

SLACK G

SMITH A W

SMITH G H

SMITH H M

STAVEACRE J H

STEVENSON C

STEVENSON D B

SUTTON P W

SUTTON T

SWINDELLS I

TAYLOR H

TAYLOR J

THORNLEY A T

THORNLEY S

THORNTON S J

THORPE C R

TOMLINSON T

TONER J

TONER W

TOWNLEY H G

VICKERS S W

WEBB C

WEBB S

WHATMOUGH F

WILLIAMS H

WOLSTENCROFT E

WOLSTENCROFT J

WRIGHT W

YATES A C

YATES W C

All photos by Chris Gleave