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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Atherton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: Sunday March 26th 1922
Attended by: Revs. J Parton Milum, Harvey Cowle, Members of Atherton Discharged Soldiers and Sailors Association, Atherton Public Band
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 15891
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Current location
Central Methodist Church
High Street
Atherton
Wigan
Greater Manchester
M46 9DJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 67788 03249
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Wall mounted, white Silesian marble tablet on a dove-grey marble backing LETTERING IN RELIEF. COLUMN EITHER SIDE OF CENTRAL INSCRIPTION WITH SCALLOPED CAPITAL.
- Inscription
- 1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919/ IN MEMORY OF/ OUR GLORIOUS DEAD/ (NAMES)/ "THE PATH OF DUTY/ IS THE WAY TO GLORY"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banks, Alfred
Banks, James
Barnes, Ross
Boydell, Williamn
Clay, Frank
Clay, Reuben
Crompton, Harold
Harrison, Fred
Healey, Fred
Parkes, William
See details for all 20 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- From Wigan Archives: Newspaper Report of the dedication of the memorial: archives.wigan.gov.uk/archive/leigh-local-studies-collections/local-history-areas-of-interest/war-memorials/atherton-wesleyan-methodist-church-atherton?
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