
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Salford
- Town
- Swinton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 1922
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Rededicated
Date: 10th November 1990
Attended by: UNKNOWN - Unveiled
Date: 7th October 1922
Attended by: J.Stottard of Lawnswood, Swinton Park, owner of Albert Mill, Swinton - Show More (2)
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26151
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Current location
St Peter's Church
Partington Lane/Chorley Road junction
Swinton
Salford
Greater Manchester
M27 0NA
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 77483 01734
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Lychgate and glass-fronted casket of soil from the Western Front built into the wall. Two figures in niches on each face, both saintly and secular. Rolls of Honour carved on internal walls.
- Inscription
- INSIDE (12 O'CLOCK FACE): DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SWINTON WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919. INSIDE (6 O'CLOCK FACE): "FOR LOVES SAKE REMEMBER THEIR LIVES FOR...." OUTSIDE (6 O'CLOCK FACE): "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND." OUTSIDE (9 O'CLOCK FACE): ETERNAL REST GRANT THEE O LORD. OUTSIDE (12 O'CLOCK FACE): MAKE THEM TO BE NUMBERED WITH THY SAINTS. OUTSIDE (3 O'CLOCK FACE): LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, Herbert
Alderson, George
Alderson, John Ralph
Allen, George Henry
Allen, John Thomas
Arnold, Joseph
Ashton, W L
Ashworth, John
Atkinson, John
Bailey, William
See details for all 278 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 278
Served and returned: 0
Died: 278
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Sandstone - Undefined
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Gate
- Listing information
- LYCHGATE TO CHURCH OF ST PETER
- Grade II
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- MEN OF SWINTON LYCHGATE
- WMO ID: 98020
- Condition: Good [last updated on 19-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2008: It was reported that the local Council planned to recarve the names on this memorial and have asked local residents to contact them with names of relatives known to have died during the First World War. SOME REPAIR WORK WAS CARRIED OUT ON THE GATE IN 1992 BUT A LOT OF THE NAMES HAVE FADED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GATE WAS RECONSTRUCTED USING DIFFERENT STONE WHICH NEEDED TO BE BLENDED. Moved back approx 30 feet in 1990 from the main road.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Church and Salford City Council
- Reference
- Salford Advertiser 29th January 2009
- Historic England - LYCHGATE TO CHURCH OF ST PETER historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1356681
- John Cassidy: Manchester Sculptor - Men Of Swinton Lychgate www.johncassidy.org.uk/swinton.html
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