Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Undefined
- Town
- Westleigh
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 24/07/1920
Attended by: WH Hewlett, Managing Director, Rev. T Billington, Joseph Parkinson JP
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 78496
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Current location
St Pauls Church
Westleigh Lane
Westleigh
Greater Manchester
WN7 5NN
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 65123 02166
Denomination: Church of England
- Previous locations
- Sovereign Pits
West Leigh
Wigan
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- Sovereign Pits
- 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. With additional plaque relating to this and WMR 45421
- 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/ 1 & 3 Sovereign Pits / Killed/ (Names)/ Honours/ (Names) Additional Plaque: On the closing of the pits/ these tablets were removed and / placed in this church porch/ by the Wigan Coal Corporation/ to preserve the record in the Parish
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bandy, Arthur
Bootle, E
Buckler, W
Butterworth, J
Caine, Peter
Critchley, J
Cross, John
Cullen, W
Eckersley, L
Fletcher, Jh
See details for all 34 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 2
Died: 32
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename or Initial, surname, decoration
Order of information: Forename or Initial, surname, decoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- 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: Wigan Coal and Iron Company Ltd. - Reference
- Report of the unveiling of the Westhoughton plaques by Company Officials, local Clergy, and local Councillors in the Wigan Observer for 29th July 1920
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