Memorial Cross, Main Road - Congerstone
World War I, World War II
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ContributeStone cross with inscription down shaft and on base. Covers Congerstone, Gopsall and Bilstone. Unveiled 9th December 1922 by Rt Hon Lord Waring; dedicated by Rev TW Walters MA (Rural Dean) and Rev Adrian S Rollaston (Rector).
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Memorial Cross, Main Road - Congerstone
Grid Reference: SK3671805486
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Inscription Reads
ERECTED
BY THE
PARISHIONERS
OF
CONGERSTONE
GOPSALL
AND
BILSTONE
IN LOVING
AND GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN
WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES
FOR KING
AND COUNTRY
IN THE
GREAT WAR
1914-1918
FROM CONGERSTONE
[NAMES]
GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
FROM GOPSALL
[NAMES]
UNVEILED
BY
THE RIGHT HONBLE
LORD WARING
DECEMBER 9TH 1922
DEDICATED
BY
REV TW WALTERS MA
RURAL DEAN
REV ADRIAN S ROLLASTON
RECTOR
1939-1945
[NAMES]