War Memorial, Furness Vale, Derbyshire.

War Memorial, Furness Vale, Derbyshire.

Location
Buxton Road, Furness Vale, Derbyshire.
(In Cheshire until the 1894 county boundary change).

Description
An obelisk supporting a cross, both in stone. The names of those of Furness Vale who fell in the two world wars are inscribed on the obelisk.

Inscription

TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY
OF THE BRAVE MEN OF FURNESS VALE
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919.

R.I.P.
BENNETT H, Aged 19
BREWIN R, 26
CHEETHAM W, 26
CHORLTON A, 24
DALE J, 22
GOUGH A, 18
HALL E, 26
HILL E, 26
LEECH E, 29
LOMAS W, 23
MIDDLETON T, 38
MYCOCK J, 26
NUTTALL J J, 23
SECOMBE J, 28
SMITH W, 21
SHIRT S, 26
TAYLOR J, 19
WALKER T, 19
WOODWARD C S, 36
WOOLLEY J, 35

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PEACE

AND IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN AND ONE WOMAN
OF THIS VILLAGE WHO DIED IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

R.I.P.
BRADLEY Harold
BUTLER Jane
DAVIES Alan
HARROP Frank
HARTLE Frederick
HOWE Fred
MARSHALL Richard
TAGUE George
THOMASSON Ernest
WILSON Arthur

"How sleep the brave
who sink to rest,
by all their country's
wishes blest."

War Memorial, Furness Vale, Derbyshire.

War Memorial, Furness Vale, Derbyshire.

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