Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Roll of honour or book of remembrance
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Standish
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- EDWARD PENDLEBURY (Writer)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 45402
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Current location
STANDISH LIBRARY
Cross St
Standish
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN6
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 560 100
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- STANDISH DISTRICT COUNCIL
Standish
Wigan
Greater Manchester
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined
- STANDISH DISTRICT COUNCIL
- Description
- FRAMED AND GLAZED ROLL OF HONOUR. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION IN A FRAME AT THE TOP AND THREE LISTS OF NAMES ON A LARGER FRAME BELOW. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING
- Inscription
- THIS ROLL OF HONOUR/ WAS COMPILED BY THE STANDISH-WITH-LANGTREE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL, TO RECORD THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF/ THOSE FROM THE DISTRICT WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR WHICH COMMENCED ON THE 4TH AUGUST,/ 1914, WAS TERMINATED ON THE 11TH NOVEMBER, 1918, AND THE PEACE TREATY SIGNED 25TH JUNE 1919./ (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 631
Served and returned: 567
Died: 64
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename,additional
Order of information: additional,surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: depth 50MM, height 920MM, width 1870MM
Materials: Wood
- Frame
- 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
- 2001: ROLL OF HONOUR IS CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ON LOAN FROM THE ARCHIVES
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- WIGAN BOROUGH ARCHIVES
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