Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Astley Green, Astley, Tyldesley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Sunday 11th September 1921
Attended by: Mrs Gerrard, Mr S Williams
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 60729
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Current location
Lancashire Mining Museum
Higher Green Lane
Astley Green
Astley
Tyldesley
Wigan
Greater Manchester
M29 7JB
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 70386 99950
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- Education Centre
Dam House
Astley Hall Drive
Tyldesley
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M29 7TX
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 698 009
Denomination: Undefined - Astley Wesleyan Methodist Church
Lower Green Lane
Astley
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL7 9JG
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Methodist - Show More (1)
- Education Centre
- Description
- Silesian marble tablet with carved scroll sides and triangular pediment. Mounted on two brackets. Inscription in black lettering.
- Inscription
- Pediment: THE/ GREAT WAR/ 1914 + 1918/ Centre: TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ (Names) Base: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT/ A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS".
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Altoft, Arthur
Bridge, William
Cooke, Frank
Davies, Walter
Griffiths, John
Hilton, Frank
Jackson, Arthur
Marland, Peter
Parry, Peter
Pearson, Richard
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 8150MM, width 1210MM
Materials: Marble - White
- 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
- History
- This tablet appears to have come from Astley (Wesleyan) Methodist Church on Seymour Road.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Morts Astley Heritage Trust
- Reference
- From Wigan Archives - reports in the Leigh Chronicle (16/9/1921) and the Leigh Journal (13/9/1921) of the unveiling: archives.wigan.gov.uk/archive/leigh-local-studies-collections/local-history-areas-of-interest/war-memorials/astley-wesleyan-methodist-war-memorial?
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