War Memorial

The Inscriptions on the war memorial are as follows

STOCKPORT CRICKET CLUB

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
128 MEMBERS OF THIS CLUB
JOINED HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES
AND THE FOLLOWING
MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

W H BOURNE
W BROOKS
W A CRAGG
L C EMERY
E L GOODALL
H M GRANGER
J D GREEN
S HEYDON

B HORNER
J B LISTER
T H PENNY
C B SCHOFIELD
L F SHARP
G SLACK
J H STAVEACRE
W C YATES

AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

SACRED ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
O P JACKSON & P PRATT
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 1945

AND THESE MEN DIED LEAVING THEIR
DEATH FOR AN EXAMPLE OF A
NOBLE COURAGE AND A MEMORIAL
OF VIRTUE UNTO ALL THE NATION

II Macabees 6

SONS OF THIS PLACE LET THIS OF
    YOU BE SAID
THAT YOU WHO LIVE ARE WORTHY
    OF YOUR DEAD
THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT
    YOU WHO LIVE MAY REAP
A RICHER HARVEST ERE YOU FALL
    ASLEEP

Rev T E Royde

THERE'S BUT ONE TASK FOR ALL
FOR EACH ONE LIFE TO GIVE
WHO STANDS, IF FREEDOM FALL
WHO DIES, IF ENGLAND LIVE

Rudyard Kipling