Location
St Wenefrede's Church, Bickley, Cheshire.
Description
A lich-gate.
The names of those who lost their lives in the first world war are engraved
on two oak panels inside the gate.
Inscription
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First Panel
ALAN CHARLTON OF CHOLMONDELEY ONLY SON OF St JOHN CHARLTON GENT, AND ELIZABETH BRONWEN HIS WIFE WHO SACRIFICED HIS LIFE FOR THE HONOUR OF HIS COUNTRY AT THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE IN FRANCE OCT XXVI MDCCCCXIV IN HIS XXVth YEAR + AND THOU SHALT BE MISSED BECAUSE THY SEAT WILL BE EMPTY SAM XX CHAP XVIII VER I ALSO TO THE BLESSED MEMORY OF THOSE IN THIS PARISH WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY'S FREEDOM IN THE TERRIBLE EUROPEAN WAR 1914 to 1918 | ||
A HUMPHREYS, KRR L Corpl E SPEED, L'pool Scots | + + | F Jos HOPLEY, C Cont NT Sig Felix A WALTER, Notts... |
Sergt Jos Ankers WILLIAMSON, 8th S Lancs. + ...& Derby Regt THE LYCH GATE AND THIS TABLET ARE ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS OF THIS CHURCH Confort ye my people saith your GOD for warfare is accomplished and your iniquity is pardoned. Isa XL.i.ii The blessing of peace restored 1919. |
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Second Panel
WHO "GAVE THEIR LIFE"
Pte A WILKINSON, West Riding Regt Pte Henry PATE, Chesh Regt Rfn J FAULKNER, K L'pool Reg Pte Her. LATHAM, Chesh Regt Pte Wal. THOMAS, Chesh Regt Pte Heneage LATHAM, E Lancs Regt Pte Frank HEWITT, Lab Corps Gun Will. Thos. MURHALL, RFA |
THEY SHALL BE MINE SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS IN THAT DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY JEWELS. Mal iii.XVii. |
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Ernest Freeland GORST, MA Vicar
St John CHARLTON Evan LANGLEY | Wardens |
DEATH HAS NO STING AND GRAVE NO VICTORY OVER THOSE WHO LOVE
GOD AND SERVE THEIR KING. PRAISE TO GOD.