Behind the cross are three stone panels headed "1914 PRO PATRIA 1919" with more names. Presumable these are the men of High Lane who returned from the First World War.
RECORDED UPON THIS CROSS
ERECTED BY THE PARISHIONERS
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1920
ARE THE NAMES OF 30 MEN
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES.
Ernest BENNETT, DCM Josiah BENNETT Ernest BRADBURY Allan BROOM Clarance BYROM Harold COOPER William COOPER Arthur J FARMER Albert FERNS Fred GARDINER William GODDARD Norman GREAVES Wilfred GREENWOOD Thomas HALLWORTH John W HALLWORTH Herbert HALLWORTH |
John W HALLAM Jack HARDY John W HAYES Joseph HOLLAND Egbert MACKERETH George W MILLER Alan NORBURY Charles R H ORFORD Thomas PLATT Samuel PLATT Stanley RIDGWAY Stanley WARBURTON T George F WARNER MM Sydney WILLSHAW |
Arthur ARDERN Harry ARDERN Jesse ARDERN Thomas ARDERN William ARMSTRONG Thomas H ASHTON James ATHERTON Cyril AXON George W BAKER Fred BARROW Arthur BEAUMONT Sydney BELL Arthur BEELEY Harry BEELEY, MM Fred BEELEY Albert BENNETT Arthur BENNETT RN Fred BENNETT Hervy BENNETT MM Joseph BENNETT Robert BENNETT Samuel BENNETT Walter BENNETT Walter G BOTTOMS George BRIDGE John C BRIDGE |
John J BROCKLEHURST Percy BROOKS Frank BROOKS George BROOKS William H BROOM H C S J BURY, RN Alfred CADMAN Jesse CADMAN James A COOPER William T COOPER Jesse COOPER, RN George COMMINS James DOUGHTY Roland EARNSHAW Frederick EDWARDS Harry EDWARDS Wallace EDWARDS Isaac EDWARDS George H FAULKNER Richard FERNS Jesse FERNS | |
------------ | ||
Frederick W FIELDS Arthur FIRTH, RN Jesse GARSIDE Livesay GLEAVE Alec GLEAVE, RAF Charles C GOODALL Leslie J C GOODALL, MC Harold GOODWIN Robert GOODWIN Stephen GOODWIN, RN Charles H GREEN Frank GREEN Frederick GREEN John W GREEN Wilfred GREEN Allen GREENWOOD Edwin GREENWOOD Fred GREENWOOD William GRIFFIN Louis C C GROCOTT Bernard HEAPE, CofC Horace HADFIELD John HALL Samuel HALLAM Allen HALLWORTH Frand HALLWORTH Harry HALLWORTH |
Augustus HAWLEY William S HAWLEY Dennis HOWARD George HUMPHREYS William HUMPHREYS John H JACKSON John V JOHNSON Herbert S JONES, RN Joseph S JOWEL, RN Edmund KNOWLES George LANCASTER James McARTHUR Fred MARSDEN John MARSDEN Hervy MELLOR Norman MILLS Albert MINSHALL John MOTTRAM Albert MOTTRAM Charles C GOODALL | |
------------ | ||
James MOORES Charles NICHOLLS Thomas NOBLE James C OSBORNE Thomas F OSBORNE Sydney PERRY William H PLATT John R POWELL Winston E POWELL Fred PROCTOR James REID John REID Harold F RICHARDSON Tom RIDGWAY William RIDGWAY Harry ROBINSON Thomas ROBINSON Harry SHARRATT Frank SMITH Richard SMITH James F SMITH Winston H SMITH William E SMITH Finlay G STEUART, MC William W STEUART John SWEENEY |
Anthony H SPENCER Alfred TAYLOR Arthur F TAYLOR Henry TAYLOR James TAYLOR Fred TOMLINSON, DCM James T WARBURTON Ellis WARBURTON RAF Ernest WHITEHEAD Fred WHITTAKER Alfred WILD, RAF John W WILD Wilfred WILD Edward C M WILLIAMS Herbert A WILLIAMS Eli WOOD Henry WOOD John WOOD William YARWOOD Harold COOPER, CofC |
ALSO 1939 - 1945.
Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life
for his friends.
Jack NIXSON
Joseph PICKFORD
Thomas Rodie RIDDELL
Gordon John SINGLETON
1946 AS A RESULT
OF ENEMY ACTION
William DAVIES
Ronald MORRIS
Alfred Frith, Sculptor, Macclesfield.