Quatt: St Andrew, Church of England - War Memorial - World Wars I & II
Quatt: St Andrew, Church of England - War Memorial - World Wars I & II
Two brass plaques inside the church on the East wall of the nave bear the names of those who lost their lives in the two World Wars. A stone in the chancel commemorates Philip Malcolm Wolryche Whitmore who died in WW1.
In the churchyard there is a large stone War Memorial cross (with no names). A plaque close to the West door of the church remembers Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson V.C. who was born in the parish.
To the Glory of God and In Memory of
Thomas Bowen
Frank Christie
Edward Gwilt
Alfred Hanson
Richard Harley
Herbert James
George O'Brien
William Pryke
Algernon Tillard
Thomas Yeomans
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This: That A Man Lay Down His Life For His Friends. 1914 - 1918
Robert Davies
Frank Jones
Edward Lawley
1939 - 1945
A memorial stone high on the North wall of the chancel reads:
In loving memory of
PHILIP MALCOLM
elder son of
MALCOLM WOLRYCHE WHITMORE
who fell in action
near Colincamps in France
on 1 Aug 1918
aged 28.
In the Churchyard close to the West door of the church:
In Honoured Memory
Lieutenant Thomas Orde
Lawder Wilkinson V.C.
The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Who Gained His Country's
Highest Award For Valour On
5th July 1916 At La Boiselle
Born At Lodge Farm Dudmaston
On 29th June 1894
Not On Any Memorial:
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