Hooton, Childer Thornton and Little Sutton War Memorial

Hooton, Childer Thornton and Little Sutton War Memorial stands at Hooton Lodge, an entrance to Hooton Hall on the Chester Road, in front of the C18 Hooton Lodge buildings, screen wall and gates (Grade II-listed). It is immediately to the south-east of St Paul’s Church (Grade II-listed). The memorial faces south-west towards Ellesmere Port. Approximately 5m tall, the Portland stone memorial is an adaptation of Sir Reginald Blomfield’s Cross of Sacrifice.

The memorial takes the form of a Latin cross, octagonal in section, rising from an octagonal plinth that stands on a two-stepped octagonal base. A reversed sword is carved in low relief on the front face of the cross.

The principal dedicatory inscription on the front face of the plinth reads TO THE/ HONOURED MEMORY/ OF THE MEN FROM/ HOOTON/ CHILDER THORNTON/ & LITTLE SUTTON/ WHO DIED FOR THEIR/COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR OF/ 1914-1919/ +/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. The other seven faces of the plinth are incised with the commemorated First and Second World War names.

The west face of the cross shaft foot is inscribed NORTHERN IRELAND/ TROOPER 17/21ST/ LANCERS/ ADRIAN KENEALY/ 14.9.1973/ CAPT./ SEAN DOLAN/ 30.6.2007.

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 22 February 2017.