Trafford Park War Memorial

The memorial stands outside the north porch of St Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church. It takes the form of a granite Celtic cross. The front face of the cross is ornamented with panels of intricate interlace patterns, carved in low relief, with a hemispherical boss in the centre of the cross head. The cross rises from a tapering plinth which stands on a base, square on plan, which is raised on two steps.

The principal dedicatory inscription to the front face of the plinth reads TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND/ IN MEMORY OF/ THE BRAVE MEN & LADS/ OF TRAFFORD PARK/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1918/ “WHO DIED FOR US”/ “GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS.” (ST JOHN XV 13).

The First World War names are recorded on the sides of the plinth and the front face of the base. A rectangular stone laid on the lower step to the front of the memorial records the Second World War dedication, reading ROLL OF HONOUR WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945/ (28 NAMES).

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, 30 January 2017.