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In order to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II a Memorial Garden and War Memorial was built in 2005 on Church Lane between the churchyard and Checkley Glebe. This is a tribute to the men of the village who fought for the nation during the 1939-45 conflict. The inscription on the memorial reads:
1945 - 2005
Celebration of 60 Years
A commemorative tribute to
the men of
Checkley, Fole and Lower
Tean
Who served this nation in
World War II
SARGENT WALTER
GRAINGER RAC
Killed in action 2 January 1942
Buried Halfaya Sollum War
Cemetery, Egypt
ARTHUR DIX
ROGER TROY
ALBERT NUTT
MARK PHILIPS
GEORGE BROWN
THOMAS BRASH
THOMAS KEEN
ARTHUR PILLANS
CHARLES PHILIPS
ARTHUR PATTINSON
CLARENCE WILLMORE
Walter Grainger was serving with the 44th Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C. when he was killed in action on 2 January 1942. He was aged 24. His wife, Ivy Rosina Grainger, and his parents, George and Elizabeth Ann Grainger all lived in Lower Tean, Staffordshire.
He was killed in the fighting occurred between 31 December 1941 and 2 January 1942 during the re-capture the town of Bardia in northern Libya from Axis forces.
The others mentioned on the memorial took part in the War, fighting for the country, and safely returned to the village.
The memorial was designed and carved in Hollington stone by local stone mason George Plant.