Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE ST WERBURGH STREET
595-1/4/355 (North side (off))
Chester City War Memorial to those
slain in both World Wars

GV II

War memorial. 1922. By Frederick H Crossley (d.1955) Red sandstone
stepped base, plinth and hexagonal cross. The fourth step of the
base is inscribed ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY/IN HONOUR OF HER SONS/
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/THEIR COUNTRY IN THE/GREAT WAR 1914/1918/
THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED/ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN/THE TOWN HALL AND
THEIR/IMPERISHABLE MEMORY/IN THE HEARTS THEIR/FELLOW CITIZENS. On
the west side of the third step is inscribed 1939/1945. On the plinth
of the cross niches hold the figures of ST MICHAEL, ST ALBAN, ST
GEORGE, ST WERBERGH, ST MAURICE and ST DAVID.

Listing NGR: SJ4057766425

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 26 January 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Chester War Memorial at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15978934

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990