Bickerton War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 2016. War memorial.
Bickerton War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- patient-bailey-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bickerton War Memorial is made of Darley Dale sandstone and stands approximately 4 meters tall. It features a Celtic-style wheel-head cross with interlace detailing in relief, which is mounted on an angular, tapered shaft with chamfered edges. The shaft is supported by a rectangular plinth that has a chamfered base and inscriptions on all four sides. This plinth rests on a three-stepped, rectangular base.
On the east-facing side of the plinth, there is a carved cross, and below it, an inscription in incised letters reads: "TO THE HONOURED MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919." The names of seven men who died in the Second World War are inscribed on the east-facing side of the plinth beneath the inscription "ALSO OF THE 1939 – 1945 WAR." Additionally, the phrase "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" is carved on the chamfered base of the plinth.
The names of 33 men who fell in the First World War are inscribed on the north and south-facing sides of the plinth. A second inscription on the west-facing side of the plinth reads: "THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE."
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