Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Chorley
- Town
- Adlington
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 1920
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 42351
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Current location
The Chapel is upstairs
Adlington URC and Methodist Church
Railway Road
Adlington
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 9QZ
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 60374 13388
Denomination: United Reformed/ Methodist
- Description
- Three ogee-headed brass plaques, each with a beribboned wreath above the inscriptions. The centre plaque is entitled 'In Memoriam', with a Latin cross beneath the names. 'War Memorial 1914 1919' is written above the names on the two outer plaques. There is an incised border line on each plaque, the lettering being incised and painted black, with rubricated initials on the titles.
- Inscription
- CENTRE PLAQUE: IN MEMORIAM/ "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN/ THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY/ DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS/ FRIENDS" ST JOHN 15 V.13./ (NAMES) LEFT PLAQUE: WAR/ 1914/ (NAMES) RIGHT PLAQUE: MEMORIAL./ 1919/ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ashurst, John
Banks, Herbert
Bowker, Edwin H
Bowker, George
Bowker, James
Bretland, James
Cooper, Gilbert
Crook, Walter
Ellison, Arnold
Ellison, John
See details for all 39 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 39
Served and returned: 0
Died: 39
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Christian name, surname
Order of information: Christian name, surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: height 460MM, width 230MM
Materials: Brass
- 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
- History
- 1990: PLAQUES MOVED FROM THE FRONT OF THE PULPIT TO A WALL AS A RESULT OF REFURBISHMENT
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- CHURCH ELDERS AND MEMBERS
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