Gatley War Memorial and Clock.

Gatley Clock was unveiled in 1921 to commemorate the men whom died during the Great War. Later the plaque was removed to its current location on the village green. The clock was restored in 2012 and a duplicate plaque was fitted.

The War Memorial is sited on Church Road in a small garden on the Village Green.

Two plaques list the fallen from the Two World Wars.

1914 - 1914,

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN MEMORY OF THE

GATLEY MEN WHO DIED

FOR HONOUR AND FREEDOM

IN THE GREAT WAR

William T ALMOND

Frank DUNNING

Frederick FALLOWS

Charles GARLICK

William T HANKINSON

Clifford HARDING

James W HEWITT

George HOLDEN

Victor E LUCAS

Albert MINSHALL

Leonard PRITCHARD

Albert POTTS

Cyril STREET

Leonard TRURAN

William TAYLOR

Thomas WOOD

Charles D WARDLE

1939 - 1945,

IN HONOURED MEMORY

OF THOSE WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR

COUNTRY

Dennis S ARNETT

Gordon ASHTON

Douglas H BROOKS

Kenneth BROWN

Peter BURROWS

Douglas J CHEW

Allan CLOUGH

L E COLLINSON

Kenneth COOPER

Andrew G DICK

Richard DICK

Herbert James DIXON

L E DOLBEAR

Jack H EASTWOOD

Geoffrey GODDARD

Geoffrey HARRISON

Dennis HART

Gordon HAMILTON

Henry HUDSON

William M O JONES

Sidney KENDERDINE

Stuart LOWE

Raymond MORRIS

Frank PEARSON

David PRITCHARD

Alfred ROTHWELL

B M SAYERS

Rodney St James SMITH

George STONE

Geoffrey WHITEHURST

Alan E WHITTAKER

W E WILLIAMS

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Disley St.Mary Churchyard

St.Mary's Churchyard, Disley

Private 13878 Reginald Charles ARNOLD.

Norfolk Regiment, 10th Bn.

Died 9 May 1915, age 21.

Plot 1 X. Row P. Grave 8.

Son of Walter Edward and Emily Jane Arnold, of Lee Cottage, Disley, Stockport.

Serjeant 6282910 Robert Ernest ELGIE.

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).

Died 28 Oct 1940, age 36.

Extension. North part.

Husband of Annie Elgie, of Disley.

 Private TR/4/66399 Harvey JONES.

South Wales Borderers, 52nd Bn.

Died 21 Nov 1918, age 18.

Plot I. Row I. Grave I.

Son of Thomas and Charlotte Jones, of Lea View, Buxton Rd., Disley, Stockport.

Second Lieutenant 137281 Deryck Astley Norris JORDAN.

Border Regiment.

Died 10 Nov 1940.

South part.

Lance Corporal 51471 Ernest MOTTRAM.

The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 1st/5th Bn.

Died 19 Dec 1918, age 20.

Old yard. Row N. Grave 16.

Son of James Henry and Margaret Alice Mottram, of Derby Terrace, 2 Hollinswood Rd., Disley, Stockport.

Private 62470 C MOTTRAM.

South Lancashire Regiment, 16th Bn.

Died 10 Sep 1918, age 39.

Plot 2 X. Row T. Grave 2.

Husband of Ellen Mottram, of Lyme Park, Disley, Stockport.

Master John Ernest RILEY.

Merchant Navy, S.S. Manchester Progress (Manchester).

Died 20 Mar 1941, age 65.

Extension. South part.

Son of Walter Henry and Mary Ann Riley, of Manchester; husband of Winifred Riley. of Old Trafford, Manchester.

Private 22151 Frank ROXBY.

Manchester Regiment, 12th Bn.

Died 26 Mar 1919, age 32.

Plot 2 X. Row 2. Grave V.

Son of Thomas George and Sarah Roxby; husband of Sarah Alice Roxby, of 10, Lea St., New Mills, Stockport.

Seargent Major Benjamin SHIRT.

Devonshire Regiment, 1st Bn.

Died 6 Dec 1916.

&

Private 7285 Benjamin Stanley SHIRT.

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment), 2nd Bn.

Died 13 May 1915.

Buried Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery, Belgium, Row F. Grave 3.

Private 50618 Harold WALMSLEY.

Border Regiment, 4th Reserve Bn.

Died 7 Jun 1918, age 18.

Plot 1 X. Row P. Grave 12.

Son of James Henry and Sarah Walmsley, of Disley House, 41, Manor Rd., Blackpool, Lancashire.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Handforth St.Chad Graveyard

The three Commonwealth War Graves stand prominent in the Churchyard of St.Chad's, Handforth.

Private 85637 Albert Victor BRACE.

Royal Army Medical Corps,

Died 7 Apr 1919, age 32.

Son of Joseph and Mary Brace; husband of Sarah Annie Brace, of Weaste Holme, Wilmslow Rd., Handforth. Born at Little Barford, Hunts.

Lance Corporal 6834 Francis LLOYD.

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry).

Died 2 Nov 1918.

Private 17506 Ernest THORNLEY.

Manchester Regiment, "B" Coy. 20th Bn.

Died 23 Sep 1916, age 24.

Son of John and Mary Elizabeth Thornley, of Wilmslow Rd., Handforth.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Heaton Mersey War Memorial

Heaton Mersey War Memorial is near the Church of St.John the Baptist at the junction of St.Johns road and Didsbury Road.

IN MEMORY

SACRED FOR ALL TIME OF THE

HEATON MERSEY MEN

WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

FOR THE WORLD'S FREEDOM

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

ACTON George Henry

ADAMSON Charles

ATHERTON Robert

BARROWCLOUGH Frank

BECKETT John

BICE William Francis

BLIZZARD Henry

BLIZZARD George

BODDAN Donald Rumney

BOWDEN John

BROOKS Percy

BROWN Jack

BULL Ernest

BULL John

BURDITT Stanley

CAMPBELL Herbert

CHORLTON Colin

CHORLTON Henry

CHORLTON Oswald

CHORLTON Norman

CLAYTON Noel

CORLETT John

COUPS Harold W

DICKINSON Charles

DOBSON James

EDGE George

FARAGHER Ernest

FITCHETT Fred

GANDY Harry

GRIFFITHS James

GRIME Ernest

GORTON John

GORTON William

HARRISON Charlton Cyril

HIGGINBOTTOM Joseph

HIGGINS Harold

HUGHES Frank

HUGHES Joseph

HURST Jack

HURST Richard

HURST William

INGHAM Sidney

JACKSON Herbert

KERSOPP Albert

LEAH Wilfred Reginald

LEE Charles

LOMAX Arthur

MARSHALL Henry

McLACHLAN Archie

McMILLAN Ernest

McMILLAN George

McMILLAN John Alfred

McMILLAN Sidney

NEWBY Roy Harrison

OLDFIELD John

ORCHARDSON Charles

PIMBLOTT Charles Edward

ROBINSON Charles

SHAW Herbert

STATHAM Herbert

STEPHENS Harry

SWINDELLS Humphrey

TAYLOR Alex

THOMASON Arthur

THOMASON Thomas

WALTON Percy

WELLS Edwards

WILLIAMS George

WILLIAMSON Robert

WRAY Arthur

YARWOOD James

YARWOOD Thomas

IN THANKFUL MEMORY OF THE

HEATON MERSEY MEN WHO GAVE

THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945

Geoffrey ADAMSON

Stanley APPLEBY

Percy William ATHERTON

William Herbert BASTABLE

Sydney Howarth BAZLEY

Ernest BULL

Harry CAMPBELL

John R CONSTANCE

Gordon Charles GUTERSON

Desmond Campbell HOLT

Arthur JONES

Sydney LAKE

Peter George MacKAY

James Harry MARTIN

William Frederick MORRIS

Norman Victor NAYLOR

Edgar James NEILD

Denis Albert POLAND

Robert George POLAND

Arthur RATHBONE

John Leslie ROBINSON

Harry SAVAGE

Raymond SMITH

Norman THOMAS

Arthur WALLACE

Stanley WHITFIELD

Gordon Melville WILLIAMS

George Stanley WOOD

John WYATT

George Eric YORK

"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,

THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS."

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Heaton Mersey St.Johnt the Baptist.

The Churchyard of St.John The Baptist has 5 Commonwealth war graves. One of the is that of W.W.Ellston who served under the alias of W.Woodbridge.

Private 8519 Robert ATHERTON M.M.

The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 1st Bn.

Died 13 Dec 1919, age 23.

North-West part.

Son of Samuel and Eleanor Atherton, of Runcorn.

Private 10097 Colin CHORLTON.

Manchester Regiment, 18th Bn.

Died 29 Apr 1915, age 27.

South-East part.

Son of the late Samuel and A. Amelia Chorlton;
husband of Ada Chorlton, of 6, Poplar St., Heaton Mersey.

Private 85391 W W ELLSTON.

Manchester Regiment, 51st Bn.

Died 17 Apr 1920.

North-West part.

(served as WOODBRIDGE, W.).

Private 19958 Herbert STATHAM.

The King's (Liverpool Regiment), 12th Bn.

Died 2 Feb 1917, age 24.

North-East part.

Son of Thomas and Alice Statham, of 548, Didsbury Rd., Heaton Mersey.

Aircraftman 2nd Class 997621 John WYATT.

Royal Air Force.

Died 27 Oct 1940, age 22.

S.W. of church.

Son of Stanley George and Lillie Wyatt, of Bramhall. B.A.

I have found a single family memorial.

Sapper 442396 Frank BARROWCLOUGH.

Royal Engineers 429th Field Coy.

Died 13 May 1917, age 24.

Buried Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Epehy, France, Section III. Row J. Grave 9.

Stepson of Jane Barrowclough, of Styal, Cheshire.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Heaton Mersey Congregational Church

The small and well kept churchyard of Heaton Mersey Congregational Church, on the corner of Mersey Road and New Beech Road, contains a single War Grave and a couple of family memorials.

Captain Samuel WATTS.

Manchester Regimen, 2nd Bn.

Died 28 Oct 1918, age 25.

Special Memorial.

Born at Manchester. Son of Samuel and Mary I. Watts, of Victoria Park, Manchester, and Edale House, Derbyshire. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Family vault on West side of front graveyard.

Private 6240 George EDGE.

Manchester Regiment, "A" Coy. 16th Bn.

Died 3 Jul 1916, age 22.

Buried La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France, Section I. Row A. Grave 36.

Son of Albert and Clara Annie Edge, of Heaton Mersey, Manchester.

Private 6760 Joseph HUGHES.

Manchester Regiment, 16th Bn.

Died 1 Jul 1916.

Buried Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-le-sec, France, Section II. Row C. Grave 21.

All photos by Chris Gleave.

Heaton Moor War Memorial

The Memorial is on Heaton Moor Road, at its junction with Parsonage Road outside St.Pauls. It commemorates those of Heaton Moor and Heaton Chapel who fell during the two World Wars.

The front inscription reads.

IN MEMORY OF

THE MEN OF

HEATON CHAPEL

AND

HEATON MOOR

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES

IN

THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

The rear inscription reads.

THEIR

NAME

LIVETH

FOR

EVERMORE

The two side panels list those from the Great War.

1914-1918

G W ADAM

A D ADSHEAD

J V ARNOLD

C S ASHLEY

E S ASHTON

H AYRTON

W F BICE

C F BINNS

R E BLACKHAM

E BLEACKLEY

D R BODDAN

W V BOND

C C BROCKLEBANK

H BROMLEY

J BROWN

A BUCKLEY

S W BURDITT

W H CLAYTON

S COLIER

A COOPER

H T COOPER

R COOPER

A CREES

J B CROMPTON

G DAWSON

S D DEACON

J C DERBYSHIRE

A C DIXON

J H DIXON

A DRANSFIELD

A C DUNN

R G EDGAR

H ELDER

J E ELLIS

D ESTILL

J B EVANS

D FURGUSON

G N S FITTON

W S FITTON

G E FOULKES

G L FOWDON

F L FOX

S FOX

M F St B GATER

J GIBSON

E GIESENBERG

E L GOODALL

E C GRAY

S GREENWOOD

F L GREENVILLE

H H HALLIWELL

S A HALSALL

F J HAMS

H HELFRITSCH

J HENDERSON

R HENDERSON

H HILDAGE

E O HOBDEY

W B HODGE

D HODKINSON

T W HOOLEY

W B HAWORTH

H E HOWES

H G HURST

S B HURST

V JEPSON

F JONES

P JONES

A KILDING

A B KING

J L KIRK

T KIRK

T A LADLEY

J LAMBERT

P LEAH

F P LEYBOURNE

W LOWE

C MACDONALD

M MAC INNES

G MC MILLAN

J A MC MILLAN

S MC MILLAN

JC MORLEY

S MORRIS

H MORTIMER

L MOTTERSHEAD

R H NEWBY

A NORCROSS

F NORCROSS

B OGLE

F E PEAKE

A PRIME

R F PRIME

A RIGBY

H ROBINSON

E SAWER

T A SEDDON

J B SCOTT

R W SHARRATT

H L SHONE

J N SIDEBOTHAM

C SIMPSON

F G SINKINSON

R H SLATER

F H SWINDLEHURST

G C THOMPSON

J W THORNILEY

T A TIMPERLEY

B TOMKINSON

P TURNBULL

H TURNER

C TYSON

J WAINWRIGHT

C E WALKER

W E WARD

J L WATSON

R S WHITE

H WHITWORTH

H WOOD

T WOOD

On the rear is an addenda plaque.

ALSO

L H BURROWES

F L JOY

H L JOY

W McCANN

F H SACKET

R R SACKET

Gertrude M POWICKE

Added to the front panel.

1939-1945

J ABRAM

A H ABRAM

F R ARTHAN

S ASTLEY

T D ATKINSON

D ATKINSON

H BAGLEY

W BAILEY

W H BASTABLE

A BOWKER

G R BROCKLEHURST

N W BROMLEY

E O BROWN

K CLEWS

F C COCKCROFT

J COLLINSON

J R CONSTANCE

A CORNALL

J R COWAN

W COWAN

G CRIMES

C J DANCE

D A DANCE

H ELLCOCK

C W ELLIOTT

D M EMERY

R EVES

J C EYRES

C FARNWORTH

J B GIBSON

N V GILL

J A GOODGER

H GREGORY

A HALL

K HALL

K HARRISON

L HARROP

F W HEALD

J B HOBSON

N K HODKINSON

J HOLMES

A HOLT

P HUMPHREYS

G W KAYE

S F KILBERRY

D O MILLER

E A MORING

P MOSSCROP

C H MOTTERSHEAD

W NELSON

F P NEWCOMBE

H E NICHOLLS

V K NORFOLK

R K RIDGEWAY

N K RILEY

H S ROBINSON

R R ROWARTH

G J ROYLE

N SHAW

K C SIMPSON

E M SKELLEY

C SMITH

R S SMITH

J W TAYLOR

N V TAYLOR

A R THOMPSON

J THOMPSON

G T TUSTAIN

F H WADE

H P WALES

F WALTON

D W WHITTAKER

E G WOOD

T N WOODHEAD

L S WRIGHT

C C YOUNG

All photos by Chris Gleave.