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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Warrington
- Town
- Warrington
- County
- Cheshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: November 2008
Attended by: Rev Richard Cook - Dedicated
Date: 22nd April 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Unveiled
Date: 22nd April 1921
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries - Show More (2)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42926
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Current location
(now D B Schenker building)
EWS Train Crew Building
Slutchers Lane
Warrington
Warrington
Cheshire
WA1 1LL
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 60100 87750
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- AT REAR OF WARRINGTON BANK QUAY RAILWAY STATION
BLUE TERRAPIN BUILDING
Warrington
Warrington
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 598 878
Denomination: Undefined - DALLAM LOCOMOTIVE SHEDS
Folly Lane
Bewsey
Warrington
Cheshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- AT REAR OF WARRINGTON BANK QUAY RAILWAY STATION
- Description
- WALL-MOUNTED BRASS PLAQUE WITH INCISED LETTERING.
- Inscription
- 1914 1918/ LOCOMOTIVE DEPT./ L. & N.W. R/ WARRINGTON/ ROLL OF HONOUR/ THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING SIXTEEN HEROES WHO DIED/ FIGHTING IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN THE/ GREAT WAR/ (NAMES)/ ALTOGETHER 128 MEN FROM THIS SHED/ GALLANTLY FOUGHT IN THE SAME CAUSE/ SUBSCRIBED BY THE WORKMATES OF THE/ ABOVE HEROES AND ERECTED BY PERMISSION OF/ THE CHIEF RUNNING SUPERINTENDENT/ APRIL 1921
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, Joseph
Backler, Thomas
Barnett, John
Bentley, Ernest
Bradbury, Joseph
Butterworth, Harry
Daniels, Charles
Gibson, Thomas
Hackett, Harold
Hewitt, Richard
See details for all 16 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 16
Served and returned: 0
Died: 16
Exact count: yes
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- 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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