Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Bolton
- Town
- Horwich
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 43780
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Current location
IN THE RINGING ROOM OF THE CHURCH TOWER
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Church St
Horwich
Bolton
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 630 110
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Marble tablet with arched top and chamfered edges bearing black inscription. On black backboard.
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ PTE RICHARD FEARNLEY, LNL/ AGED 35 YEARS/ BOMBDR FRED ABBOTT RGA/ AGED 23 YEARS/ BOTH RINGERS IN THIS TOWER KILLED IN/ THE GREAT WAR 1918/ "THEY DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abbott, Fred
Fearnley, Richard
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: no
Information shown: rank,regiment,forename,age of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- 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
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