The fam­i­lies that lived on Chapel St. in 1914 sent 161 men to fight in the trench­es of World War I. King George V called Chapel Street in Altrin­cham the ‘bravest lit­tle street in Eng­land’ for pro­vid­ing so many vol­un­teers. Out of the 161 that were sent, 29 of the recruits failed to return to their loved ones in the cul-de-sac which was demol­ished in 1960 to make way for flats. The plaque reads: ‘Chapel Street Altrin­cham. From just 60 hous­es 161 men vol­un­teered in the Great War 1914–18. 29 were killed. Recog­nised and praised by King George V’