Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Processional cross
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Bolton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 26475
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Current location
SOUTH AISLE
ST PETERS CHURCH
Churchgate
Bolton
Bolton
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 710 080
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Processional brass cross with brass wall-mounted dedicatory plaque.
- Inscription
- Cross: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN THANKSGIVING / FOR THE MEN OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND / GREAT WAR / 1939-1945 Plaque: THE PROCESSIONAL CROSS / AND TABLET / WERE GIVEN TO HONOUR / THE MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD / WAR AND IN THE TROUBLED / YEARS THAT FOLLOWED / (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Atkinson, Gordon
Baines, Harold
Baines, Thomas F
Barlow, James
Bell, Norman R
Bolton, William
Boyes, William Boyes
Elliott, Alexander
Fitznewton, John
Horridge, John
See details for all 18 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 18
Served and returned: 0
Died: 18
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Processional cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Plaque
Measurements: height 450MM, width 300MM
Materials: Metal
- Processional cross
- 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 - Responsibility
- CHURCH AUTHORITIES
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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