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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- St Helens
- Town
- Newton le Willows
- County
- Merseyside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 73218
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Current location
Held in the Church Office
Cross Lane Methodist Church
Cross Lane
Newton le Willows
St Helens
Merseyside
WA12 9PT
England
OS Grid Ref: SJ 57659 95415
Denomination: Methodist
- Previous locations
- Brunswick Road Wesleyan Church
Brunswick Road
Earlestown
St Helens
Merseyside
WA12
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Wesleyan
- Brunswick Road Wesleyan Church
- Description
- A rectangular tablet, with a three arched top and colonades/pillars each side; a reverse castellated base. In the central arch is a stylised crown pierced by a cross at an angle, with IHS at its crossing.
- Inscription
- BRUNSWICK WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL/ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ 1914 - 1818/ (Names)/ THEY LOVED DUTY MORE THAN THEY FEARED DEATH.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abey, Reginald
Chambers, Fred
Fairhurst, George
Fairhurst, Robert
Judson, Alfred
Porter, Robert
Seddon, Harry
Stanley, Fred
Williams, George
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 9
Served and returned: 0
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Christian name, surname
Order of information: Christian name, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c400 mm, width c1000mm
Materials: White Marble
- 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
- Brunswick Wesleyan Sunday School
- WMO ID: 234751
- Condition: Poor [last updated on 01-02-2019]
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- History
- Although the memorial was removed from the original church in advance of demolition, it was kept outside and subject to what is though to have been vandalism with black ink or stain.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Cross Lane Church Management
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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