Tarporley War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 2016. War memorial. 1 related planning application.

Tarporley War Memorial

WRENN ID
steep-kitchen-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 2016
Type
War memorial
Address
Tarporley War Memorial, Churchyard of St Helen’S Church, Vale Royal, CW6 0AG
OS grid reference
SJ 553 625
Coordinates
53.15829, -2.66897
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Tarporley War Memorial is a First World War memorial and dedication tablet designed by Sir Percy Scott Worthington in 1921. It is made of Portland stone and features a sandstone-bordered slate plaque.

Located within the churchyard of St Helen’s Church, near the churchyard wall, the memorial consists of a lantern cross on an octagonal plinth with decorative carvings on four corners. A figure of Christ with the cross is carved within the lantern, which sits on a two-stepped base. The octagonal plinth is inscribed in ornate medieval-style raised lettering, reading: REMEMBER THE LOVE/ OF THEM THAT CAME/ NOT HOME FROM THE/ WAR IN THE YEARS OF OUR LORD NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN TO NINETEEN HUNDRED/ AND NINETEEN.

At the rear of the memorial, set into the churchyard wall, is a sandstone-bordered slate plaque. The stone border features the inscription in ornate medieval-style raised lettering: IN SACRED SLEEP THEY LIE/ SAY NOT THE BRAVE CAN DIE. Below this, the slate plaque lists the names of those who fell.

An additional section has been added underneath, inscribed with: 1939 – 1945/ (NAMES).

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