Summary
A First World War memorial of 1919 with additional names of the Second World War, by local mason JJ Broster.
Reasons for Designation
Kerridge War Memorial, of 1919, which stands in a memorial garden on Oak Lane, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Historic interest: as an eloquent witness to the tragic impact of world events on the local community, and the sacrifice it made in the conflicts of the C20;
* Design quality: of the formal cross with relief carvings.
History
In 1919 a local committee was formed to consider the erection of a permanent memorial to the Kerridge men who died in the First World War. The memorial cost £242, raised through voluntary subscriptions from local people. The site on the Endon Hall estate was given by Col W Brocklehurst. The memorial is located at the crossing of Oak Lane and a tramway which connected the Kerridge stone quarries to the canal wharf. The mason completed the work at the canal wharf during the summer of 1919 and the monument was dedicated in September 1919. Names were also added of the Fallen from the Second World War. It is shown on its current site in a photograph of 1919. Two later stone steps have replaced the small grass mound on which the memorial originally stood.
Details
A First World War memorial of 1919 with additional names of the Second World War, by local mason JJ Broster.
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