Thousands of people packed into Nantwich town centre today to take part in the annual Remembrance Sunday service, writes Jonathan White.
The Nantwich service and parade were organised by Frank Evanson, Parade Marshal, Nantwich & District Royal British Legion, and David Thomas, of Nantwich Town Council.
Nantwich will once again pay tribute to those who fought in world wars at the annual Remembrance Sunday event this weekend.
The town’s Annual Act of Remembrance on Sunday will start with a parade at 10:30am from Nantwich Civic Hall.
Relatives of a former Nantwich soldier have come forward to say his name has also been misspelt on the Nantwich War Memorial.
Family of Thomas William Keany came forward after reading our story on the campaign by Mark Potts to get incorrect name spellings amended on the town square monument.
A Nantwich man is campaigning to have what he believes are misspelt names on Nantwich War Memorial amended.
Mark Potts says at least five – and possibly more – of the names on the town square memorial have errors in them.
By Jonathan White
The Wistaston and Rope War Memorial Project will be officially opened on Remembrance Sunday if government Covid-19 guidelines allow.
The names of 16 local men who died in the two World Wars are commemorated on the Memorial cross in the grounds of St Mary’s Church, Wistaston.
By Jonathan White
A £12,500 project to improve a War Memorial in memory of 16 local men who died in the two World Wars has been completed in Wistaston.
An area around the Wistaston & Rope War Memorial in the grounds of St Mary’s Church on Church Lane has been modernised and made safer to visit.
The slate painting of Captain Tom Moore is to be reinstated on the town square in Nantwich after readers clamoured for its return.
The stunning picture, by Tony Denton, was awarded to the town as a tribute to the 99-year-old who has raised more than £28 million for NHS charities.
This stunning painting of national hero “Captain Tom” was left on display in Nantwich town square today.
The painting is a tribute to the incredible 99-year-old who single-handedly raise millions of pounds for NHS charities.
Thousands of people packed in to Nantwich town centre today to pay tribute to those who died in war on the centenary of Armistice Day.
Crowds watched a parade of cadets, veterans, emergency services and dignitaries which arrived at the town square from the Civic Hall.
People will pack the streets of Nantwich tomorrow to pay their respects on the centenary of the end of World War One.
And today we publish a list of those men from Nantwich who gave their lives between 1914-1918.
Thousands of people attended Remembrance Sunday parades or paused in silence wherever they were to honour those who gave their lives in battle.
Remembrance parades took place in Nantwich, Crewe, Wistaston and other villages around the region.
The traditional Remembrance Sunday parade and service will take place in Nantwich town centre this weekend.
There will be a parade of dignitaries and representatives from Royal British Legion starting at Nantwich Civic Hall at 2.30pm on Sunday, November 12.
Nantwich War Memorial looks set to be officially ‘listed’ by Historic England as a site of ‘special architectural or historic interest’.
The move to list the memorial in the town square on High Street is part of the Government’s plan for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, which takes place in November 2018.
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