Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Chorley
- Town
- Chorley
- County
- Lancashire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51403
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Current location
To the right
just inside the entrance gate
St James' Church
Brook Street
Chorley
Chorley
Lancashire
PR6 0NA
England
OS Grid Ref: SD 59235 17169
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- A Celtic cross mounted on a three-stepped plinth within a border of kerbstones with raised pyramidal corner stones. The inscriptions face the road - but are obscured from immediate view by a high privet hedge.
- Inscription
- To the Glory of God/ In Loving Memory of/ the Men of/ St James's Parish and Congregation/ who Laid Down Their Lives for King & Empire / in the Great War 1914-1919
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: height 2960MM
Materials: Stone
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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