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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Chapel: Dedicated within church building
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Atherton
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45300
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Current location
EAST END OF THE CHURCH
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Bee Fold La
Atherton
Wigan
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 670 030
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- EAST END OF THE CHURCH WAS TURNED INTO A CHAPEL WITH CHOIR SCREEN AND PANELLING. NAMES INSCRIBED ON THE WALL.
- Inscription
- WW1: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914-1918 / THIS CHAPEL IS DEDICATED / (NAMES) WW2: TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND / IN GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN / OF THIS PARISH WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN / THE WORLD WAR / 1939-1945 / (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, George
Ashall, Thomas
Banister, Peter
Banks, Arthur
Banks, Joseph
Barnes, Donald
Barnish, Stephen
Batten, Harry
Battersby, James
Battersby, John
See details for all 128 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 134
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 134
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 43
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: 43
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Chapel
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown
- Board
- 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
- ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH WW1 AND WW2
- WMO ID: 79554
- Condition: Good [last updated on 15-05-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 1991: CHAPEL WAS GUTTED BY ARSON. 1997: CHAPEL REOPENED 2000: NAMES CAN STILL BE DIMLY SEEN. VICAR PLANS TO ERECT A NEW MEMORIAL. ORIGINALS KEPT IN STOARGE; THEY WERE WATER DAMAGED DURING THE FIRE IN THE CHURCH.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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