War Memorial
The village war memorial was erected in 1920 and paid for, mainly, by the Reverend Henry Moody, vicar of the parish for 45 years. His son, Charles Angelo Moody was killed whilst flying over Belgium in 1917 and the memorial was erected in his memory and that of 16 heroes of the village who perished during World War I. Sadly, the Reverend Moody was to lose his other twin son in a flying accident in 1931, and a record of it is engraved on the front of the memorial. The Reverend Henry Moody died in 1932. The names of three men who died during World War II and one during the Korean War are also engraved on the memorial.
In 2010, the war memorial underwent a complete restoration and cleaning, following a campaign to raise funds, spearheaded by Neville Metcalfe, a former resident of the village. His uncle, Francis John Bailey, whose name is engraved on the memorial, served with the 10th. Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, but, sadly, died on the 5th May, 1918.
A grant from the Ellesmere Local Joint Committee of £500 helped Mr. Metcalfe achieve his aim.
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