St Anne’ Church in Chasetown has become the caretaker of 4 plaques that were sited at the colliery pits where many of the men from the area worked. They commemorate men from 2,3,8, and 9 pits who lost their lives in World War 1. The four plaques are mounted on the exterior wall of the church.
Unfortunately for most of the time that I was in Chasetown the church was surrounded in scaffolding and I only discovered these memorials towards the end of my stay so was never able to find out much from the people at the church.
Even though the plaques are in a good condition they are difficult to read.
To the Memory of the Men from No. 2 Pit who fell in the Great War Thomas Brookes • John Rochelle • Enoch Hancox |
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To the Memory of the Men from No. 3 Pit who fell in the Great War Harold Spencer • Thomas Lewis • Albert Lees |
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To the Memory of the Men from No. 8 Pit who fell in the Great War Alfred Bradshaw • John Dolman • Richard Stevens |
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To the Memory of the Men from No. 9 Pit who fell in the Great War Harry B Yardley • Roland Foster • Samuel Evans |
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