Chester City War Memorial To Those Slain In Both World Wars is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. A 1922 War memorial.
Chester City War Memorial To Those Slain In Both World Wars
- WRENN ID
- fallow-banister-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- War memorial
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE ST WERBURGH STREET 595-1/4/355 (North side (off)) Chester City War Memorial to those slain in both World Wars
GV II
War memorial. 1922. By Frederick H Crossley (d.1955) Red sandstone stepped base, plinth and hexagonal cross. The fourth step of the base is inscribed ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY/IN HONOUR OF HER SONS/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914/1918/ THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED/ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN/THE TOWN HALL AND THEIR/IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/IN THE HEARTS THEIR/FELLOW CITIZENS. On the west side of the third step is inscribed 1939/1945. On the plinth of the cross niches hold the figures of ST MICHAEL, ST ALBAN, ST GEORGE, ST WERBERGH, ST MAURICE and ST DAVID.
Listing NGR: SJ4057766425
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 26 January 2017.
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