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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Wall
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Little Lever
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1940
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 10686
Current location
Branch Library
Market Street
Little Lever
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL3 1LP
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 75639 07277
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- A wall with corresponding plaques mounted with names of fallen shown. A coat of arms - a knights helmet with a feather on either side beneath a small shield - located at the top of the memorial.
- Inscription
- (Names)/ VELTIMERE/ MUTARE/ SPERNO/ (Names)/ 1914-1918/ IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF LITTLE LEVER/ WHO GAVE THEY LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVER MORE/ (Names)/ 1939/ 1945/ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, William W
Ashworth, Alfeeo T
Ashworth, William
Barlow, Arthur
Barlow, Joseph W
Barnes, Arthur
Bellis, Herbert
Bentley, William F
Bleakley, Fred
Blinkhorn, Richard
See details for all 105 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 79
Served and returned: 0
Died: 79
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 28
Served and returned: 0
Died: 28
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Slate - Wall
Measurements: height 1.22 M, width 4.47 M
Materials: Brick
- First World War memorial
- 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 was refurbished in 1998, due to fading of the lettering.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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