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This is a sandstone World War I memorial created c.1920 by Arthur Hennings. It is Grade II listed. The memorial is in the form of a celtic cross and is located north of the main church with in the church garden. At the base stands St. George (after Donatello) under a canopy above a heraldic shield.
Along with most parishes in this country, St. Mary’s suffered significant losses during the 1914 - 1918 great war. The names of twenty one men from St. Mary’s who died are inscribed on the war memorial.
The following inscriptions appear on this war memorial :
Front:
George Aldred, Frank Mosedale
Thomas Aldred, C. Percy Oakes
Sydney l. Bowers, Nathan F. Parr
Charles H. Fox, Wiliam Royle
Ronald Hand, Alfred B Self
Charles Lowe, Richard Sharp
Eric McCann. William R Shawcross
William McCann, Thomas Sheard
J. Clement McCracken, Eric Tweedale
Ernest Midgeley, Joseph Vallett
William Vallett.
In honoured memory of the men from the church
and schools of this parish who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918.
Left hand side:
Remember before God the gallant souls
whose names are written here.
Right hand side:
Their memory will never die.
Along with most parishes in this country, St. Mary’s suffered significant losses during the 1914 - 1918 great war. The names of twenty one men from St. Mary’s who died are inscribed on the war memorial.
The following inscriptions appear on this war memorial :
Front:
George Aldred, Frank Mosedale
Thomas Aldred, C. Percy Oakes
Sydney l. Bowers, Nathan F. Parr
Charles H. Fox, Wiliam Royle
Ronald Hand, Alfred B Self
Charles Lowe, Richard Sharp
Eric McCann. William R Shawcross
William McCann, Thomas Sheard
J. Clement McCracken, Eric Tweedale
Ernest Midgeley, Joseph Vallett
William Vallett.
In honoured memory of the men from the church
and schools of this parish who gave their lives
in the Great War 1914-1918.
Left hand side:
Remember before God the gallant souls
whose names are written here.
Right hand side:
Their memory will never die.