Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Hindley
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 10/08/1921
Attended by: Revs. RG Matthew, Rural Dean, CJ Buckmaster (Vicar), FLJ Roberts, JM Buckmaster, A Hope Johnson
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45325
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Current location
All Saints Church
Chapel Fields Lane
Hindley
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN2 3QS
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 62278 04313
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Three bronze tablets set in an oak gothic frame, with a Dedicatory panel above - rectangular with a raised central section bearing the inscription of a wreath. The lettering is in black.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God and in Memory of Parishioners/ who fell in the Great War 1914-1918/ "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord."/ R.I.P./ (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ainscough, A
Ainscough, J
Ainscough, W
Ashall, T
Ashton, C
Ashton, Chas
Aspinall, A
Astley, Tw
Atherton, J
Atherton, W
See details for all 140 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 140
Served and returned: 0
Died: 140
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial(s), Surname
Order of information: Initial(s), Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Reredos
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - oak, bronze
- Reredos
- 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
- Parochial Church Council
- Reference
- Wigan Observer, 13/08/1921: Report of the dedication of the memorial, with a descriptions of it, and a list of those named on it.
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