War Memorial, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire.

War Memorial, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire.

Location

In the yard of St Martin's Church, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire.
(In Trafford, Greater Manchester, since the 1974 county boundary change).

Description

A stone cross commemorating those of Ashton-upon-Mersey who fell in the first and second world wars. Those who fell are not named on this memorial, but their names are included on Sale War Memorial

Inscription

1914 - 1919
Our glorious dead
To the greater glory of god and in memory of those of this township who sacrificed their lives for the cause of right and justice in the great war.
Their glory shall not be blotted out.
"Their name liveth for evermore."
Europe, Africa, Asia.

1939 - 1945
Also those who fell in the second world war.

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