War Memorial, Bollington Catholics, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Bollington Catholics, Cheshire.

Location

Above a door on The Old Schoolhouse, St Gregorys Mews, Chapel St, Bollington, Cheshire.

Description

A shaped marble panel with an inscription which dedicates a childrens playground in memory of the Catholic men of Bollington who fell in the First World War. The inscription names twelve men.

The Old Schoolhouse now appears to be a private house. Presumably at one time it was a school for Catholic children. What was once a small childrens playground now appears to be a private garden.

St Gregory's Roman Catholic Chapel once stood at the end of Chapel Street. It has been replaced by a larger building on Wellington Road, but the old Catholic burial ground remains here.

Inscription


TUIS ENIM FIDELIBUS, DOMINE		 +
VITA MUTATUR, NON TOLLITUR...      
PRÆF. MISSÆ.

THIS
PLAYGROUND
WAS GIVEN BY
GEORGE CAWLEY SWINDELLS Esq.
IN MEMORY OF HIS SON
Lt. Col. GEOFFREY HILLIER SWINDELLS S.S.
AND THE OTHER CATHOLIC SOLDIERS WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE TERRIBLE WAR 1914 - 1918.
William MITCHESONHugh HART
Arthur CLAYTONJoseph INGLEY
Leo CLAYTONLeo MATTIMORE
Wilfred DANIELSRonald GLEAVE
Robert GAYJohn J NOLAN
William UNSWORTH
R.I.P.

War Memorial, Bollington Catholics, Cheshire.

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