Great Sankey and Penketh

Great Sankey and Penketh - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 14 Apr 2014

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Great Sankey and Penketh, WW1 names - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 14 Apr 2014

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Great Sankey and Penketh, WW2 names - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 14 Apr 2014

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Great Sankey and Penketh, post-WW2 names - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 14 Apr 2014

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Great Sankey and Penketh, new WW2 plaque - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 26 Jan 2015

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Great Sankey and Penketh, new post-WW2 plaque - Taken by Paul Charlesworth 26 Jan 2015

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The Memorial - Taken by Mike Coyle 26 Feb 2018

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Reference WMO/172361

Address:

St Mary's Cemetery

St Mary's Road

Penketh

Warrington

WA5 2DT

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)

Type: Freestanding

Location: External

Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace

Description: Wheel cross

Materials:

Metal Bronze
Other Concrete

Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque

Conflicts:

First World War (1914-1918)
Second World War (1939-1945)
Other

About the memorial: Dedicated in 1922, moved to its present site in 1982. New plaques added and some restoration in 2014. Historic England listing entry - First and Second World War memorial, early 1920s, smooth and textured concrete. WWII plaque added later. Octagonal column on trapezoidal base and octagonal plinth surmounted by Celtic cross. Semi-circular enclosure. Octagonal plinth with trapezoidal column base above with shallow alcoves to each elevation. North elevation contains bronze plaque inscribed 'This monument is erected to the glory of God and in grateful remembrance of the men of this parish who in the Great War sacrificed their own lives that we might live in freedom' with names of 40 men beneath. Second plaque at foot of base inscribed 'Also of these who gave their lives in the Second World War' with names of 33 men beneath inscription. Octagonal textured concrete column with Tuscan capital surmounted by Celtic cross. Low wall forms semi-circular enclosure around memorial with two gate piers to north elevation.

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Great Sankey had originally planned to erect a lych gate before it was decided to have a combined memorial with Penketh as reported in local newspaper in 1920:
 
GREAT SANKEY. 
WAR MEMORIAL. 
Lych Gate Abandoned For Amalgamation With Penketh.
On Monday evening, at a meeting held in the Council School, Mr. Wm. Furness presiding, it was decided to abandon the original war memorial scheme in the form of a lych gate, which Sankey had in hand, and to amalgamate with Penketh in the raising of funds to erect a memorial in the cemetery. A new executive committee was elected, and collectors appointed. 
The Chairman said it was arranged at a previous meeting to have a lych gate, the cost of which worked out at £335. That was acknowledged to be a large sum for Sankey to collect, , and another difficulty was that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners expected a number of individuals to make themselves responsible for the necessary money and see the scheme carried through. It was not felt fair in the parish to expect such a serious guarantee from anybody. A few weeks ago, three gentlemen, forming a deputation from Penketh, awaited on him (the Chairman) and were anxious to know whether Sankey would amalgamate with Penketh in one common scheme for both parishes, whilst several parishioners had approached him with reference to the same idea. This deputation was not the original parish committee which was appointed, but a committee which took exception to putting the memorial in the schools. Penketh had had a parish meeting, at which it was decided to have a tablet which would contain the names of the men of Penketh who had fallen, to be fixed in the day school. Certain sections of the parishioners took exception to this, and broke away entirely from the original scheme which was formulated by the parish. Their idea was to put a substantial monument in the cemetery, and put on it the names of the Penketh men who had fallen. Up to date they had something like £l00 in hand, and anticipated no difficulty in getting additional subscriptions. They were of the opinion that Penketh and Sankey were so closely bound that it would be better to amalgamate and have one substantial memorial in the Cemetery. He (the speaker) understood that there would be no difficulty in obtaining land. 
On proposition of Mr. B. Ray, it was decided to abandon the proposed lych gate. 
PENKETH'S START. 
Mr. Craik proposed that Sankey amalgamate with Penketh. Penketh had made an excellent start, he said, and after all there was little difference between Sankey and Penketh, for most  of their boys were schoolboys together, and very likely worked in the same offices or workshops. 
The proposition was carried unanimously. 
A resolution was then carried, approving of the erection of a monument in the cemetery to bear the names of the men of Sankey and Penketh. 
The Chairman said the £100 at Penketh had been collected by a committee who were not part and parcel of the Parish Committee. They divided the parish into sections, and volunteers collected from the houses. They spoke very highly of the visits they had made, for they had been received with .every consideration. 
The Rev. J. R. Jones said everyone had the right to commemorate the soldiers, and it would be a very thing if we forgot those who had enabled us to have a roof over our heads to-day. With regard to the lych gate, it was said by some people that it would belong too much to the Church. Surely there could be no difficulty in placing it in the Penketh Churchyard, which was kept going mostly by the Church. In it there was buried one soldier who fought with Nelson on the Victory at Trafalgar, and died in 1877. There was also buried there a hero who was at Alma, Balaclava, Inkerman, and went  all through the Central Indian Mutiny. On his tombstone was engraved “He was one of those who sounded the Balaclava charge, and lived to tell the tale." This hero, Sergt. Donohue, was a young bugler in the Lancers in those days, and it fell to him to sound the charge for his company of Lancers. There were also buried there twelve or fourteen soldiers who fell during the late war, am he (the Vicar) did not know of a more fitting place in which to honour the lads. A graveyard belonged to everybody, and everybody had a right to be buried there, whatever their creed. 
The following executive committee was appointed: The Chairman (ex-officio), Messrs. James Ray, Craik, Leonard, J. Forster, and Clare. The collecting committee was elected as follows: The Chairman and Messrs. James Ray, Forster, Craik, B. Ray, Domville, Houghton, Appleton and John Copeland. Mr. Craik was appointed secretary and treasurer, Mr. Smith (clerk to the Parish Council) undertaking to give him assistance in the allocating of the districts to be covered by the collectors. (THE EXAMINER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1920.)

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This monument is erected / to the Glory of God / and in grateful remembrance of the / men of this parish / who in the / Great War / sacrificed their own lives / that we might live in freedom. / (WW1 names) / Also of these / who gave their lives / in the / Second World War / (WW2 names) / Also of these / who gave their lives / in / later conflicts / (post-WW2 names)

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