Listed Building: WAR MEMORIAL IN SOUTH PART OF OVERLEIGH CEMETERY (1375887)

The entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 16 June 2017. CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4065 1932-1/8/217 OVERLEIGH ROAD (South side (off)) War Memorial in south part of Overleigh Cemetery GV II War memorial, undated, to those fallen in the Great War 1914-19. White stone. Base of 2 octagonal steps; inscribed plinth; cross with downward-pointing sword of justice in bronze, total height approx 5m. Inscription in Roman capitals: "THIS CROSS OF SACRIFICE IS ONE IN DESIGN AND INTENTION WITH THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN SET UP IN FRANCE AND BELGIUM AND OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHERE OUR DEAD OF THE GREAT WAR ARE LAID TO REST: THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE". The war memorial stands at the junction of the drives from Overleigh Road and the two mortuary chapels of the cemetery (qv). Listing NGR: SJ4034265131 This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 16 June 2017.