Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Pillar / Column
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Atherton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 74928
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Current location
Corner of Lee Street and Dan Lane
Atherton
Bag Lane Baptist Church (Demolished)
Bag Lane
Atherton
Wigan
Greater Manchester
M46 0EF
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 67123 03272
Denomination: Baptist
- Description
- Stone Column on an oval base, with a low wall round the back of the memorial and 2 stumpy posts at the front
- Inscription
- OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (Names) /1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Davies, Thomas
Eames, Alfred
Farrimond, John
Hunt, James
Lynch, Ernest
Partington, Miles
Sallabanks, Charles
Smith, Caleb
Tonge, Herbert
Trafford, Norman R
See details for all 12 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 12
Served and returned: 0
Died: 12
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Column
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Gate posts
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Column
- 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
- Atherton Baptist (or Methodist) Church WW1
- WMO ID: 164041
- Condition: Good [last updated on 23-01-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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