War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2016. War memorial.

War memorial in St Werburg's churchyard

WRENN ID
little-spindle-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Trafford
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 2016
Type
War memorial
Source
Historic England listing

Description

First World War memorial, 1920, with the names of those lost during the Second World War added later. Aberdeen granite, simple Celtic cross-style design.

The war memorial is aligned with the centre of St Werburg Church's west window and is set upon a square plinth with a tapering square base with relief lettering to the front (west) face that reads 'FOR GOD, FOR KING, FOR COUNTRY' with the names, rank and regiment of 10 men who died. At the bottom of the base is further relief lettering that reads 'THEY WHOM THIS CROSS COMMEMORATES WERE AMONG/ THOSE WHO IN THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-1919 ENDURED/ HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND PASSED OUT OF THE SIGHT/ OF MEN BY THE PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE/ THEIR NAME LIVETH EVERMORE/ ECCLESIASTICUS C44V14'. The south face has '1939 - 1945' in relief numerals, along with the name, rank and regiment of three men who died in relief lettering. Above the base is a simple Celtic-style cross.

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, 30 January 2017.

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