Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Bury
- Town
- Walshaw
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Rededicated
Date: September 2004
Attended by: - Unveiled
Date: 28th August 1920 - Show More (1)
- Rededicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 3245
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Current location
Walshaw Road/High Street junction
Walshaw
Bury
Greater Manchester
BL8 3AG
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 77635 11681
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Ornately decorated Celtic cross, surmounting a square plinth. Names inscribed on plinth.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face-1939-1945/IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF OUR/ HEROIC DEAD/ THOSE MEN OF WALSHAW WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ FOR OUR EMPIRE, HOMES, HONOUR AND LIBERTY,/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919/ THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION/ AND UNVEILED 28TH AUGUST 1920 3 o'clock & 9 o'clock faces- (WW1 names) 12 o'clock face -[WW2 names]
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainsworth, S
Aldred, J
Bentley, J
Boardman, G
Boardman, S W
Bromley, Albert
Brooks, F
Brooks, S
Brooks, W A
Bulcock, Norman
See details for all 81 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 60
Served and returned: 0
Died: 60
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, surname, initials of forenames
Order of information: surname THEN forename - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Surname, rank, forenames
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Walshaw war memorial
- WMO ID: 137369
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-01-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
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