Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Standish
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 17th July, 1920
Attended by: The Earl of Crawford, Chairman of the Company, WH Hewlett, Managing Director, F Edmund, General Manager, Standish Pits, H Fairhurst, Chairman of Standish UDC, Rev CWN Hutton, Rector of Standish, relatives of the fallen
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59495
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Current location
Inside the Peace Gate
St Wilfrid Church
Market Place
Standish
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN6 0HT
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 56305 10231
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Landing in museum
Lancashire Mining Museum
Buile Hill Park
Salford
Salford
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 800 980
Denomination: Undefined - Langtree Pit
Sheldon Av
Standish
Wigan
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 563 110
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- Landing in museum
- Description
- Bronze plaque with a raised oak leaf and acorn pattern border. A Tudor rose lies each side of the title scroll above the raised inscription. The Wigan Coal and Iron Company had Plaques of similar design installed at their 19 pits and works.
- Inscription
- IN MEMORIAM/ THE NAMES HERE RECORDED ARE OF/ THOSE MEN WHO WORKED HERE/ AND WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR/ AUGUST 1914 TO NOVEMBER 1918/ AS WELL AS THE NAMES OF THOSE/ WHO OBTAINED MILITARY DISTINCTIONS/ IN THE WAR/ LANGTREE PIT/ KILLED/ (Names)/ HONOURS/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Baxendale, J
Derbyshire, T
Farrell, W
Greenacre, C
Longshaw, W
Lowton, Alfred
Pennington, J
Roberts, T
Tomlinson, R
Topping, H
See details for all 10 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 10
Served and returned: 2
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,decorations
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Corporate
Details: One of the five Collieries of The Wigan Coal and Iron Company in Standish
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