Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Park / Sports field
- District
- Bolton with Darwen
- Town
- Sharples
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43825
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Current location
85
Barlow Park Community Centre
Dunoon Drive
Sharples
Bolton with Darwen
Greater Manchester
BL1 6QY
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 70358 11992
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Playing field with dedicatory limestone tablet place inside the centre. Plain cross carved either side of the inscription
- Inscription
- THESE PLAYING FIELDS ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES/ OF BARLOW & JONES LIMITED WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainscow, R
Ainsworth, H
Anson, C
Ashworth, J F
Astley, F
Bagshaw, G H
Bailey, A J
Barlow, C
Barlow, P B
Baxendale, R
See details for all 116 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 186
Served and returned: 93
Died: 93
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 740MM, width 1220MM
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Tablet
- 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 - Responsibility
- BOLTON MBC LEISURE SERVICES (GROUNDS MAINTENANCE)
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