page_title: History of Sandbach
section_title: World War two
hierarchical_section_title: History of Sandbach / World War two
caption_attribution_description: English: Sandbach Roll of Honour European War (1914-1919) The text reads: ROLL OF HONOUR EUROPEAN WAR 1914 - 19. SANDBACH LITERARY INSTITUTE S BOLSHAW S JACKSON F LUNT J MERCER W UPTON The above Five Members made the supreme sacrifice. Miss M BOULTON, H ALLMAN, G W BOULTON, P BUMBY, M COOPER, W FITHON, F LATHAM, S LUNT, T F REDWOOD, R SLADE, H SMITH, H BOULTON, C D BRADDON, E BUTLER, F J FINLOW, A JONES, T LATHAM, H PRICE, J W R SKERRATT, D SLAVE, J S STRINGER, G W COOKE
context_page_description: Sandbach was on the Roman road from Middlewich to Chesterton.
context_section_description: In December 1941, HMS Vimiera was adopted by the civil community of Sandbach, Cheshire, following the successful Warship Week National Saving campaign. Following the entrance of the United States of America to the Second World War, GIs were billeted in the area around their Headquarters in the Wheatsheaf Public house, located in the town centre.
caption: Sandbach Roll of Honour, European War (1914-1919), on display at the Town Council in the Literary Institution.
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