Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Wigan
- Town
- Westleigh
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
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Current location
To the left of the lychgate
ST PAULS CHURCH
Westleigh La
Westleigh
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN7 5NW
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 65097 02134
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Small Celtic cross on top of a tapered square-section column on three-stepped plinth. Set in a walled area of the church grounds, rear wall holds panels of names
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God/ and in honoured memory of/ the men of this Parish who/ fell in the Great War 1914 - 1919 (Names listed on the wall to the rear of the memorial)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Armstrong, G
Aspinall, P
Birchall, J
Birchall, P
Bootle, E
Briars, J
Burke, J
Cain, P
Callighan, T
Campbell, P
See details for all 70 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 70
Served and returned: 0
Died: 70
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Initial(s), surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 1800MM
Materials: Stone - Sandstone
- Cross
- 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 Paul's Westleigh
- WMO ID: 224480
- Condition: Good [last updated on 27-02-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- The Parochial Church Council
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