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War
Memorials Elsewhere, - Wilmslow (Cheshire), - Town Memorial |
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The
War Memorial for Wilmslow (Cheshire), opposite St. Bartholomew's Church,
Photo : 28th61st
The Town War Memorial for Wilmslow (Cheshire), is situated in a park opposite St. Bartholomew's Church. The memorial commemorates 129 men who lost their lives in the First World War and 97 men and 1 woman from the Second World War.
Photographs of the memorial and the memorial panels, complete with a transcription of all the names, can be found on a page provided by Mike Berrell on the Manchester and Lancashire Family History website.
3 men who served with the Yorkshire Regiment are commemorated on this memorial.
Private William Leslie Brewerton. 228465. 1st Battalion London Regiment
(Royal Fusiliers), formerly 9785 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William Arthur
and Constance C. L. Brewerton, of East Bank, Marple, Cheshire. Born at Wilmslow,
Cheshire. Killed 23 August 1918. Aged 21.
Born Wilmslow (Cheshire), Enlisted Oxford, Resided Chorlton-Cum-Hardy.
Buried ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
Lieutenant Frederic William Knott. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Herbert and Ada S. W. Knott, of "Sunny Bank," Wilmslow, Manchester.
Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 25.
Commemorated on Panel 33, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private Leonard Swindells. 34140. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 33458 Cheshire Regiment. Son of James and Margaret Swindells, of
Bollin Walk, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Killed 18 October 1917. Aged 23.
Born Wilmslow (Cheshire), Enlisted Wilmslow.
Commemorated on Panel 52 to 54 and 162A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
The Plaque Commemorating Those Who Lost Their Lives in the First World War
on Wilmslow's War Memorial.
Photo : 28th61st
St.
Bartholomew's Church, Wilmslow (Cheshire)
The Town War Memorial is seen in the lower right of this photo (located in
a park to the South East of the church)
Photo : Dennis
Neill
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