The Men

ACTON - AYRTON

BADGER - BYROM

CADMAN - CURRIE

DABBS - DYSON

EARDLEY - EYRES

FALLOWS - FULLER

GALT - GUNTRIPP

HACKNEY - HYNES

INGHAM - ISHERWOOD

JACK - JOY

KAY - KNOX

LADLEY - LYNCH

MACAULAY - MYLAN

NADEN - NURSE

O'BRIEN - O’Donell (O’Donnell)

PADFIELD - PYOTT

QUEENEY - QUEENEY

RADCLIFFE - RYDER

SACKETT - SYMES

TALLENT - TYSON

UNSWORTH - Utley M.M.

VENABLES - VINEALL

WAGNER - WYCHE

YARWOOD - YOUNG

ZORIAN - ZUGG

 

Fields of Fire - Battle Histories

Stockport's Other Memorials

Memorials to the Missing

Text Only List of Soldiers

 


After the War, communities around Stockport erected memorials to those who had died. The main war memorial is at Stockport Art Gallery and there are other “village” memorials in Bramhall, Bredbury, Cheadle, Cheadle Hulme, Compstall, Gatley, Hazel Grove, Heald Green (Long Lane), Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor, High Lane, Marple, Reddish and Romiley.

Today, many of the names on those memorials have become just that. Just names. Names of soldiers, sailors and airmen who died in two World Wars and other conflicts.

Many, particularly those who died in World War 2 or later, will have relatives who remember them but, for most killed during the Great War, between 1914 and 1918, memories are second, third or fourth hand. These men have, in many cases, become little more than a collection of surnames which are in danger of becoming as historically lifeless as the stone on which their names are carved.

But these were real people. They had family, friends and jobs. They lived in the houses many of us still live in. They went to school where we did. They drank in the same pubs we do. They walked the same streets.

After the Great War, the relatives of the dead were sent the appropriate medals, a bronze plaque and a scroll. The scroll reads:-

“He whom this scroll commemorates was numbered amongst those who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardness, faced danger and finally passed out of sight of men by the path of duty and self sacrifice, giving their own lives that others might live in freedom.

Let those who come after see to it that his name be not forgotten.”

This project is intended to ensure that these men, who gave their lives in the service of their country nearly 100 years ago, are not forgotten.

More than 2800 names are recorded on the various “official” war memorials maintained by the Council and most of the men (and one woman) have now been identified. For some, this has proved impossible and any information, from members of the public, which would identify them would be most welcome. For others, there are only scant details.

Stockport Art Gallery & War Memorial

But, for the majority, it is possible to tell their stories. Who were they? Did they have family? How did they earn a living? The one thing that unites them is that they died and, in most cases, it has also been possible to establish something of the circumstances of how that happened.

The project is now substantially completed and it is unlikely that there will be any further significant updates to the site.

 
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