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Kerridge War Memorial

Aerial view of The Kerridge War Memorial

Kerridge War Memorial was unveiled and dedicated on 28th September 1919, in loving remembrance of the Kerridge men who laid down their lives in the First World War (1914-1919).

Kerridge War Memorial Committee held a public collection to raise funds for the memorial. The Committee was made up of local Kerridge residents and ex-servicemen. The land was given by Colonel W B Brocklehurst of Butley Hall.

On the body of the Memorial are engraved the names of all the Kerridge men who laid down their lives during the First World War. The names of those who lost their lives during the Second World War (1939-1945) were subsequently added.

The Memorial is a stone cross mounted on a plinth. There is a crossed sword and rifle on the front face of the cross and a dove enclosed in a wreath on the front of the base. It was made by local stone mason Joseph James Broster using Kerridge stone from local quarries and was designed by Percy Hodgkinson of Kerridge.

Kerridge War Memorial is situated in a small, beautiful public garden on Oak Lane at its junction with the Rally Road (the old tramway which ran from Kerridge Ridge to the Macclesfield Canal).

Kerridge War Memorial is protected, and Listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England.

The Kerridge War Memorial Committee maintain the Kerridge War Memorial and garden. They also organise an annual parade and service on the second Sunday in July to commemorate the fallen.

Servicemen Commemorated

Centenary Commemoration
Centenary Commemoration

The names of all the Kerridge men who laid down their lives during the First World War were engraved on the Memorial with the names of those who lost their lives during the Second World War (1939-1945) were subsequently added.

Servicemen Commemorated on Kerridge War Memorial

Bollington and Kerridge War Memorials
WWI Soldier’s Goblet

Unveiling and Dedication of the War Memorial
Unveiling and Dedication of the War Memorial

1919 Service of Unveiling and Dedication

Kerridge War Memorial Newly Built
Kerridge War Memorial Committee 1919
Kerridge War Memorial Committee 1919
Kerridge War Memorial 1920
Kerridge War Memorial 1920

 
Kerridge War Memorial 2021
Kerridge War Memorial 2021
Memorial with wreaths laid
Memorial with wreaths laid
Wreath
Wreath

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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This page is provided by the Kerridge War Memorial Committee, to whom we are most grateful. This committee may be rightly proud of the fact that they have looked after this memorial and garden for more than 100 years!