Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Organ or organ part
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Kearsley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: C 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 13162
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Current location
Kearsley Mount Methodist Church
Manchester Road
Kearsley
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL4 8QL
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 75492 04724
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Church Organ with associated Brass Dedication plaque-the lettering is inscribed mainly in black but with some initial letters in red
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY AND PRAISE OF GOD / IN HONOUR OF THE MEN FROM THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOL / WHO SERVED / AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914-19/[names]/July 1922
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Hardman, James
Jackson, James
Nuttall, Fred
Shippobottom, Frank
Spriggs, William
Stones, Joseph
Walker, Andrew
Wolstenholme, William
See details for all 8 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 8
Served and returned: 0
Died: 8
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Organ or Organ part
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Plaque
- 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
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