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Kingsworthy
Town or City: Kingsworthy
County: Greater Manchester
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM5983
Value of grant: £822.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Adding and/or correcting inscriptions/names
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2013
UKNIWM reference number: 49979
The memorial consists of a Celtic wheel cross surmounting a tapering shaft both of which have a carved knotwork design on the face and stand on a tapering plinth, all constructed of granite.
In 2013 War Memorials Trust offered a grant of £822 towards cleaning of the memorial using de-ionised water and non-metallic soft bristle brushes, the addition of missing names from the memorial in lead to the same design as the original letters and for the re-painting of the original lead lettering using a black enamel paint.
The memorial was erected in 1918, and was commissioned by Col & Mrs Bryce Stewart whose son was killed in action in France in 1915. Col Stewart endowed the memorial with £250 capital invested in governemt 4% bonds to maintain the memorial; which today earns £10.76 per annum. The architect is unknown but the craftsman is thought to have been a local stonemason.
The inscription on the memorial reads:
To the glory of God
And in beloved memory of
Bryce Stewart
Lieut 2nd Battn Seaforth Highlanders
Killed in Action at Sanna-I-Yat
Mesopotamia during the operations
For the relief of Kut
On 2nd April, 1916
Aged 22 years
“When Christ who is out life, shall appear
Then shall ye also appear with him in Glory”
In honoured memory of
Those men from this Parish
Who also gave their lives
For their Country
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM5983
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 49979
War Memorials Online: 136661
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
