Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Hindley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 56098
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Current location
In the entrance lobby
to the left
just inside the front door
Hindley Hall Golf Club
Hall La
Hindley
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN2 2SQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 61702 05905
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Vertical rectangular single sheet of water damaged parchment surrounded by light coloured card mount. Framed with dark wood and glazed. Name of club in blue lettering at top with Union and Royal Navy flags beneath. Below this is dedication in black lettering except for capital lettering in red. Names in two columns below separated by decorative central vertical line with names of two club employees at base of line. Symbol and symbol explanation at base of parchment in blue lettering with red capitalisation.
- Inscription
- Hindley Hall Golf Club/ Members serving their King and Country/ (Names)/ * Laid down his life for King and Country.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bolton, R H
Bouchier, C F
Brynan, F
Bullough, T H S
Chronell, H
Cookson, T H
Dixon, C H
Eames, C W B
Hart, John
Healy, J
See details for all 24 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 24
Served and returned: 17
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial(s), Surname
Order of information: Initial(s), Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Roll of honour
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Parchment - Frame
Measurements: depth 20mm, height 690mm, width 560mm
Materials: Wood, Glass, Card
- Roll of honour
- 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
- History
- Circa 2000: Found in storage within club, parchment heavily water damaged from unknown source. Restored by unidentified club member and sited at unknown date. Original location within club is unknown, as is date placed in storage.
- Costs
Comments: £100 invested to furnish the annual prize
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- Yes
Purpose: An annual prize awarded at Wigan Technical College - Sponsorship
- Corporate
- Reference
- Hindley Hall Golf Club 1905 - 2005 (A Centenary History of) by Gaskell, Ian ?/Undated Ian Gaskell.
- Wigan Observer, 05/04/1919: Report of AGM of the Club at which it was resolved to have a memorial to members lost in the war (list given), which would take the form of 'a suitable scroll and tablet... worthy of those who have fallen; also that a sum of £100 be invested to provide an annual prize at Wigan Technical College, the Hindley Hall Golf Club War Memorial Prize.
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