Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- South Ribble
- Town
- Penwortham
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42688
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Current location
AT SIDE OF A59 LIVERPOOL RD
Liverpool Rd
Penwortham
South Ribble
Lancashire
PR1
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 524 286
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- GRANITE WHEEL CROSS WITH CURVED WALL BEHIND. SLATE PANELS ON WALL BEARS NAMES OF FALLEN.
- Inscription
- IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF PENWORTHAM WHO FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THIS TRIBUTE TO THE VALOUR AND SACRIFICE OF OUR MEN/ WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE RECORDED WAS ERECTED BY THE/ PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH AD 1920/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Blackburn, Norman
Drysdale, Alexander
Dunwoody, Samuel
Finch, Frank Marshall
Finch, Herbert Marshall
Harker, Norman W
Hodgkinson, David
Hodson, Thomas
Humble, Harry
Kirkham, William
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 144
Served and returned: 72
Died: 72
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,decorations
Order of information: regiment,rank,surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,regiment
Order of information: regiment,surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height C 2200MM
Materials: Granite - Wall
Measurements: width C 9000 MM
Materials: Stone
- Cross
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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