Bredbury and Romiley War Memorial

First World War memorial with later additions for the Second World War.

DESCRIPTION: Bredbury and Romiley War Memorial is located within a circular area of hardstanding on a traffic island at the junction of Berrycroft Lane, King’s Road and George Lane, Bredbury.

It takes the form of a stone cross fleurée above a moulded collar on a tapering, octagonal shaft, which terminates in a moulded foot. This rises from an octagonal, two-tiered plinth on a two-stepped base. The inscription and names are recorded on the plinth; all lettering is incised and painted black.

The principal inscription is to the south-east face of the upper-tier of the plinth and reads, THIS CROSS IS ERECTED/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE MEN OF BREDBURY/ AND ROMILEY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES/ IN THE GREAT WAR,/ 1914-1918./ “THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE”. The 143 names of the servicemen who died in this conflict are recorded in columns beneath the name of their village on the remaining faces of the upper-tier of the plinth; four faces carry the names of the men from Bredbury and three faces carry those of Romiley.

The dedication to the Second World War, is to the south-east face of the lower-tier of the plinth and reads, THE LOWER TABLETS RECORD/ THE NAMES OF THE MEN OF/ BREDBURY AND ROMILEY/ WHO LAID DOWN/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SECOND WORLD WAR,/ 1939-1945. The names of the 64 servicemen who died in this conflict are recorded in columns beneath the name of their village on the remaining faces of the lower-tier of the plinth; three faces carry the names of the men from Bredbury and four faces carry those of Romiley (an exception is an additional name from Bredbury, which was added beneath a list from Romiley).